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About Nicole

Nicole Galland's professional life straddles stage and page. Her debut novel, The Fool's Tale, was a "Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers" pick, and The Rise and Fall of DODO, co-written with Neal Stephenson, was a New York Times bestseller. Her other historical novels include Revenge of the Rose; I, Iago; Godiva; and Crossed: A Tale of the Fourth Crusade. She has also written 2 contemporary novels, Stepdog and On The Same Page, and is grateful that HarperCollins publishes all of her work even as she jumps between genres. Theatrically, she is former Literary Manager of the renowned Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and has worked extensively as a dramaturg, including on the Pulitzer-Prize winning play Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. She is also co-founder/director of Shakespeare for the Masses at the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse, now in its 11th year. She has lived in many wonderful places, but also in LA, from whence she ran screaming shortly after her first screenplay won an award and was endlessly optioned, but never made. When she has time, she write a tongue-in-cheek advice column, MV Ps & Qs, for the Martha's Vineyard Times.