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Nicky Pellegrino

Nicky Pellegrino is a novelist. She is an English-born New Zealander of Italian descent and lives and writes in Auckland, New Zealand. Her novels have been translated into 12 languages.

Early life
Pellegrino was born in Liverpool in the north-west of England to an Italian father and English mother. The family spent summer holidays with her father's siblings in southern Italy, experiences which later became the inspiration for some of her books. She studied English at the University of Lancaster, completing a BA (Honours) degree == Career ==
Career
After graduating, Pellegrino moved to London and worked on women’s and entertainment magazines. In 1994 she moved to Auckland and became deputy editor, and then editor of New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. Pellegrino writes articles for the New Zealand Listener, Next Magazine, NZ Gardener and Food Magazine, and has a regular book column in the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. Pellegrino was moved to begin on a long-held dream of writing a novel, and wrote Delicious while co-writing D'Audney's autobiography. == Publications ==
Publications
Angela: A Wonderful Life! (2001), co-author with Angela D'Audney, Penguin • Delicious (2005), Orion Books • Recipe for Life (2010), Orion Books • A Dream Of Italy (2019), Orion Books • Tiny Pieces of Us (2020), Hachette New Zealand • To Italy, with Love (2021), Orion Books • P.S. Come to Italy (2023), Orion Books • Marry Me in Italy (2024), Orion Books ==References==
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