Rachel Nightingale

Rachel Nightingale is an award-winning playwright and novelist with a PhD in Creative Writing. She's come a long way since she wrote her first book, about Pasha the bear, at the age of eight. With a background in theatre, both onstage and off, she wanted to bring the world of the stage to her books. The Tales of Tarya centre on the Commedia dell'Arte of the Italian Renaissance and explore what it might look like if the magic of the theatre was real and if story tellers could bring about change...See more

Rachel Nightingale is an award-winning playwright and novelist with a PhD in Creative Writing. She's come a long way since she wrote her first book, about Pasha the bear, at the age of eight. With a background in theatre, both onstage and off, she wanted to bring the world of the stage to her books. The Tales of Tarya centre on the Commedia dell'Arte of the Italian Renaissance and explore what it might look like if the magic of the theatre was real and if story tellers could bring about change in the real world with their tales. See less