Nick Holland

Nick Holland was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and went to University in Huddersfield and, later, San Diego.Whilst living in the USA he developed a love of the books of Raymond Chandler and after returning to England decided to write a hard boiled thriller of his own, but set in Yorkshire. Thus 'The Girl On The Bus' was born. The Girl On The Bus has become a Kindle sensation, at point being the 5th most downloaded book in the United Kingdom and regularly featuring in the Amazon top 100 paid bestsellers!A follow up to The Girl On The Bus will be released in Summer 2013.Nick loves tortoises and was shocked to find only one children's novel about them: 'Esio Trot' by Roald Dahl. Taking matters into his own hands he wrote 'Tortoise Soup', a delightful story of friendship and bravery aimed at children aged 8-108. So now there are two quality children's books about tortoises.Nick Holland has also written award winning poetry and his play 'Rudisha' was performed in London in 2012 to coincide with the Olympic games.He is a also a ventriloquist, can you guess what his puppet is? That's right - it's a tortoise!