Nicholas Wilde

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. His first book, Sir Bertie and the Wyvern was the first children's book ever published by Debrett. His novels have twice been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. 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 preservation archive of Two Hundred...See more

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. His first book, Sir Bertie and the Wyvern was the first children's book ever published by Debrett. His novels have twice been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. 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 preservation archive of Two Hundred Years of Boyhood, a field in which he is recognised as an authority. His collection of books and artefacts is noted as being of national importance. See less