Nina Conti was born in England and has lived in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. She is the author of The Perfect Princess, which won the 2011 CWA Debut Dagger Award. Her other novels are The Wild Rose, The Wild Rose Rises, The Wild Rose Falls, and The Wild Rose Falls Again. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.
It's sad, the lottery. Good projects get funded by it, but there's an air of desperation about it.Nina Conti
My dad is a much more flamboyant character than I am. I think that's why I couldn't see myself going into straight acting. I always just felt daft.Nina Conti
