Nic Wilson

Nic Wilson is a writereditor and Guardian Country Diarist based in North Hertfordshire. She has nearly 30 years’ writing experience spanning academia, education, journalism and narrative non-fiction. She works for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, mainly specialising in wildlife and wild plants. Her writing has featured in many magazines, journals and anthologies.

Nic’s debut book, Land Beneath the Waves, is published by Summersdale (Hachette). She has always been passionate about literaturenatural historygardening and the environment, and she’s looking forward to talking about these topics on her book tour. Nic has lived with chronic illness (coeliac disease and adenomyosis) for many years. She volunteers with her local Wildlife Trust, helps organise a community wildlife group and curates the Peat Free Nurseries List.

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Land Beneath the Waves: Excerpt

Thus, Philomela escapes and acquires a new voice with which to recount her sad history. Perhaps her lament, where it could still be heard in Hertfordshire, took on a new resonance for listeners at the beginning of the twentieth century if they recalled the abundance of past decades.

August 14, 2025