Nicola Rayner is the author of The Girl Before You, a psychological thriller published by Avon, HarperCollins, which was runner-up in the Cheltenham First Novel Competition in 2018 and picked by the Observer as a debut to look out for in 2019. Nicola was born in Abergavenny, south Wales, and works as a freelance writer and editor, specialising in dance, history and travel. Her second novel, You and Me, is out now. A work of historical fiction, The Paris Dancer, will be published by Aria, Head of Zeus in Feb 2025.
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