
Encore: Nikki Gemmell's vivid life of love, grief and reinvention
From Conversations
Published 1/29/2026

From Conversations
Published 1/29/2026
From Wollongong to London, via Alice Springs, this is writer Nikki Gemmell on her deeply romantic life, and how she defied expectations to become a famous author. (R)Nikki grew up the daughter of a coalminer father who thought writers were a burden on society, while her mum taught Nikki that only…