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Nina de la Mer

Nina de la Mer was born in East Kilbride, and studied Modern Languages at the University of Sussex. As part of her degree she spent a year in Hamburg, which inspired her debut novel 4 a.m. which is set in the British Army Base in Fallingbostel near Hamburg.

Nina de la Mer spent ten years selling translation rights for a variety of publishers, and wrote her first book The Modern Maiden’s Handbook in 2007. She has also written several non-fiction books under the pseudonym Gina McKinnon. She lives in Brighton with her husband and daughter, and works as a proofreader.

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