A graduate of Yale University, Nina-Marie Gardner has worked as an actress in theatre, television and film in New York and Los Angeles. Some of the directors she has worked and studied with include William H. Macy, Mark Brokaw, Lisa Peterson, Miguel Arteta, Gil Cates Jr., Jack Klugman and Robert Lee King. 

Her short stories, essays and reviews have been published in 3AM Magazine, The Fix, The Frisky, Flavorpill and the anthologies Bedford Square and 3AM London, New York, Paris. Sherry & Narcotics, her debut novel, was published in May 2011 by Future Fiction London. 

She holds MA's in Creative Writing and Playwriting, and is currently doing a PhD in Theatre and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London. Awards include the Royal Holloway International Excellence Scholarship, and a Crossland Research Scholarship.

Her stage adaptation of Sherry & Narcotics was a finalist in the 2013 Verity Bargate Award and was staged as part of the Arcola Theatre's 2014 PlayWROUGHT Festival, directed by Yael Shavit and starring Lucy Ellinson and Michael Colgan. 
Contact her at nmgard@mac.com


Fiction
3AM 'IT'S ALRIGHT MA'
3AM 'THE TRICKING PERIOD'
3AM TOP FIVE
BEDFORD SQUARE
3AM LONDON, NEW YORK PARIS

Interviews
BOOKISH
LINUS'S BLANKET
KRISTEN'S BOOK BLOG
PAGE READERS
READING A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
INSIGHT THE LINES

Essays
THE FIX
THE FRISKY

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