Nicholas Wilde was born and educated in Cheltenham and went on to King’s College, Cambridge. He was Head of German at The Leys School in Cambridge. As well as writing and illustrat...view moreNicholas Wilde was born and educated in Cheltenham and went on to King’s College, Cambridge. He was Head of German at The Leys School in Cambridge. As well as writing and illustrating his own books, he has spent more than fifty years collecting, researching and curating The Nicholas Wilde Collection: a fine preservation archive of Two Hundred Years of Boyhood, a field in which he has long been recognised as an authority. His collection of books and artefacts is noted as being of national importance.
Nicholas Wilde’s second novel, Death Knell, is a locked room murder mystery in the classic style.
His third, Down Came a Blackbird, was adapted for television for ITV and nominated for the Carnegie Medal.view less