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A nanny is the heroine of a new bestselling novel. Eve Boggenpoel asks the author why she wants nannies to be appreciated What is it about being a nanny? Lately it's all the rage - at least as far as popular fiction is concerned. A year ago we had The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin (Penguin, 6.99). Just out is Close to Home by Eileen MacDonald (Simon & Schuster UK, 10.99), a nanny-from-hell thriller. And Melissa Nathan's hilarious new novel The Nanny (Arrow, 5.99) has now spent more than two weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller list.

What is it about being a nanny? Lately it's all the rage - at least as far as popular fiction is concerned. A year ago we had The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin (Penguin, 6.99). Just out is Close to Home by Eileen MacDonald (Simon & Schuster UK, 10.99), a nanny-from-hell thriller. And Melissa Nathan's hilarious new novel The Nanny (Arrow, Pounds 5.99) has now spent more than two weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller list.

So what drew Melissa to the subject? A journalist with two novels already behind her, she says her nieces and nephews provided the initial inspiration for the book. 'Children are so fascinating,' says Melissa.

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