Nicky Pellegrino is the author of 14 bestselling novels, including PS Come to Italy, Tiny Pieces Of Us and To Italy, With Love.

Her stories have readers around the world and have been translated into over 12 languages. She is also a freelance journalist, writing about health and science each week for the Listener and with a regular book page in New Zealand Woman’s Weekly.

Her non-fiction title about menopause Don’t Sweat It: How to Make ‘The Change’ a Good One was released last year. She lives in Auckland, with a husband, an adopted greyhound and a lot of books.