Nicky Pellegrino

Nicky Pellegrino (born 1964) is an English author of Italian descent.

She was raised in Merseyside, England, but spent her summer holidays in southern Italy as a child. Married to a New Zealander, Ms Pellegrino now resides in Auckland, New Zealand. She has worked as the editor of a weekly women's magazine and currently works as a freelance journalist. She reportedly returns to Italy regularly in order to "eat the best mozzarella".

Ms Pellegrino's first novel, "Delicious", was published in 2005. Her second novel "Summer At The Villa Rosa" is released in paperback in May 2008. In Australasia this title is released as "The Gypsy Tearoom" She has also acted as a ghostwriter for the best-selling autobiography of Angela D'Audney, a renowned Kiwi broadcaster.