Nightingale, Julia: - Julia Nightingale is a mum to three sons and a proud owner of a dog called Hoover. She has always told stories to her sons (some of her own and many from other people). The story of Dylan, the dog, was first told to her youngest son during the first COVID-19 lockdown. She works as a doctor in a large hospital and has published scientific research, but Dylan is her first fictional work.