Nina began working in the Information Technology (IT) industry long before authoring her first book. She started with hands-on jobs, moving onto managing the implementation of new systems. Twenty-odd years, many online hours and several promotions later, she now works as a Chief Information Officer, responsible for the IT environment within a large company in Australia.

In her professional roles, Nina realised that the “experts” in the industry can make IT difficult, using buzz words like “cloud”, “virtual” and “firewall”. This challenged her to make IT more accessible – both for her fellow company executives and more recently for her daughter of 10 (double digits!).

She made an interesting observation that she can sometimes provide incomplete or ambiguous answers as a professional, but it does not work in a kid’s world. Children are more straightforward: they understand or they don’t, they question and analyse without boundaries. If they don’t understand, it is generally due to a lack of clear explanation.

Additionally, as a mother, she has experienced first hand the positive and negative impacts that technology can have on children’s daily lives. It is pervasive and they use it easily and without hesitation, but they are unaware of potential consequences and we have not equipped our children to have the skills to deal with these challenges.

This realisation made Nina decide to combine her knowledge and experience in IT and parenthood, into a unique combination of fun books so that children can learn from the experiences of other children.

Nina also has a passion for indoor gardening. You can check out her Indoor Gardening Blog at www.livingroomjungle.com.