Official Website of Nicky Gould

Nicky Gould is a children’s author from Rayleigh, Essex. 

She was inspired to write her debut book 'Dave Explores the Outdoors… Minibeasts' embracing the family's passion for being outside.

What started as a nice thing to do for her daughter soon turned into a blossoming career due to the overwhelming, wonderful feedback from readers.

Nicky has always worked in administration and payroll job roles and stumbled into writing like a toddler s... Learn more

‘Can’t get your children to go outdoors? Try this. It’s fun, amusing – and it might just work! A FINALIST and highly recommended.’

The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

Nicky was very proud to be a finalist in one of the only Children's Book Awards judged by intended readers and not by a panel of so-called 'experts'.

Here is some feedback from the readers' who judged it:

‘I like the colourful pics and also that the story was rhyming. It was fun to... Learn more

Nicky will openly admit to having a few tough years and so worked her way through many a self help book. 

If you've ever done the same, you'll know that you often only take snippets of bits that work for you from each one. 

Nicky started making a note of the things that worked for her, so if she woke up one morning feeling a bit 'wobbly' she would flick through her note book and put into practice whatever one she landed on. 

This gave her th... Learn more