Nicola Kraus is the author of over ten books including co-authoring the international #1 best-seller The Nanny Diaries. With over 6 million copies in print in 32 languages, The Nanny Diaries was the longest-running hardcover best seller of 2002. Nicola has contributed to The London Times, The New York Times, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Town & Country and Maxim, as well as two short story collections to benefit The War Child Fund: Big Night Out and Girls' Night Out. In 2015 she co-founded the creative consulting firm The Finished Thought, which helps the next generation of aspiring authors find their voice and audience. Through her work there she has collaborated on several New York Times nonfiction bestsellers.