Nicky Charles is an independent writer and publisher who became an author quite by accident. She always saw herself as a 'reader not a writer' and can thank—or blame, depending on the day—her friend, editor, and fellow author, Jan Gordon, for the career she now finds herself immersed in.

The tale goes something like this: In January of 2009, Nicky penned a fanfiction for an old TV series, “Scarecrow and Mrs. King”, and soon became ‘hooked’ on storytelling. She joined a fan-based group for the show and through there met Jan Gordon. It was an idle comment made by Jan during a review of Black Silk (Jan’s newly published book) that inspired Nicky to write her first original story. Over the course of the next two months, she hastily scribbled down a story that marked the beginning of her writing career.