Maxine Nicholls was born in Northampton, England, she grew up in Buckingham, Northampton and Bedfordshire. For fifteen years she worked as a research scientist in the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industries. Her love of vampires started at the tender age of ten and has continued for nearly thirty years. Whilst taking a career break to bring up her young family Maxine decided to start writing the book she had had in the back of her mind for decades. Maxine currently lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband and three children.