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Nicky Pellegrino (born 1964) 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 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. She has also worked as the editor of a bridal magazine, and was the books editor for the Herald on Sunday newspaper for seven years. 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. She began writing her first novel in 2001, when her friend Angela D'Audney was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of 56. 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 Angela: A Wonderful Life! (2001), co-author with Angela D'Audney, Penguin Delicious (2005), Orion Books Summer at the Villa Rosa (2007), Orion Books The Italian Wedding (2009), Orion Books Recipe for Life (2010), Orion Books The Food of Love Cookery School (2013), Orion Books One Summer in Venice (2015), Orion Books The Villa Girls (2011), Orion Books When in Rome (2012), Orion Books Under Italian Skies (2016), Orion Books A Dream Of Italy (2019), Orion Books Tiny Pieces of Us (2020), Hachette New Zealand References. Discover the Nicky Pellegrino popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Nicky Pellegrino books.
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Under a Venice Moon
Margaret CameronLife isn't a sort of practice run, something you can afford to play around with. They don't offer second and third chances to get it right. Use it better. Live it fuller.A week in ...
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The Everything Guide
Niki BezzantFeel your best for the rest of your life. The essential new book from bestselling health writer and trusted menopause advocate Niki Bezzant, author of This Changes Everything. I...
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Invitation to Italy
Victoria Springfield'She has a way of bringing Italy to life that makes your mouth water when you think of the food, your body ache for some sunshine as she describes the setting, and has you searchin...
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The Italian Holiday
Victoria SpringfieldShortlisted for the RNA's Joan Hessayon Award for New WritersSun, sea and spaghetti... Italy was Bluebell's dream destination, but taking her granny's place on the Loving and ...
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This Changes Everything
Niki BezzantA new and demographically significant generation of women as young as 35 is facing perimenopause and menopause – but not like our mothers or grandmothers did. We are hungry for ...