Nicky Heymans is an award winning author of historical fiction known for her authentic, gripping style of writing. Reviewers say her books "transport you back in time... you won't be disappointed."
The Wilderness Trilogy
Into the Wilderness
'Into the Wilderness' is a vivid re-imagining of the Israelites' exodus from captivity in Egypt and the beginning of their new life as desert wanderers. The first book in an epic trilogy, 'Into the Wilderness' was a finalist in the Christian Indie Awards Historical Fiction category. It is told through the eyes of Joshua, a biblical figure best known as the warrior leader who travelled with Moses. Journey with Joshua into the wilderness; witness signs, wonders and miracles ...and have your courage tested to the limit as you join Joshua in battling the relentless forces of darkness.
Then There Were Giants
'Then There Were Giants' is the second book in the Wilderness trilogy. Told through the eyes of the warrior leader, Joshua, it centres around the Israelites' exodus from captivity in Egypt and the years they spent wandering in the desert in search of their promised land. Join Joshua and his fellow Israelites as they learn how to survive in the desert, experience the brutality of warfare, and face their greatest adversaries yet: giants!
The Shining Men
'The Shining Men' won the Christian Indie Award in 2006. In this book, Joshua leads his people into their promised land. This extraordinary warrior leader would see the sun stand still at his command and watch the mighty walls of Jericho fall. However, his greatest adversary would not be a Canaanite warrior or even a giant, but a harlot named Rahab who would capture his heart and turn his world upside down. This is the exciting conclusion to the inspiring story about the courage, humility and devotion of Joshua ben Nun as he completes his life-long mission and finds his place of eternal rest.
About Nicky
Nicky Heymans is the exciting award winning author of a trilogy of historical novels set in ancient Israel. Nicky is passionate about telling bible stories from a fresh perspective, in the process vividly capturing what it must have been like to experience some of the Bible's most dramatic events.
Although born in the United Kingdom, she lived the first forty years of her life in Zimbabwe, Africa, where she met and married her husband, Kingsley, with whom she has three grown children. Nicky's writing career began when she felt prompted to blog about her family's journey with faith and loss after her mother was diagnosed with stage four cancer. This blog series is entitled ‘Fields of Grace’ and can be read here. Following on from that, Nicky started writing novels, and the Wilderness series was born!
In 2006 Nicky expanded her writing career to include writing coaching, born out of a desire to help other new authors delve into the world of writing [details here]. She currently lives and writes from Swansea, in South Wales.
Accolades
In September 2023, a few months after Nicky's debut novel, 'Into the Wilderness', was published, it was nominated for an award in the Historical Fiction Category of the international Christian Indie Awards and, a short time later, was chosen as a finalist.
‘Into the Wilderness’ was featured in the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2023, which attracts visitors from all around the world. In August 2023, Nicky was interviewed by UCB2 (United Christian Broadcasters) on their programme, ‘This is My Story’, about her journey as a writer and how The Wilderness series came into being, and was invited back again for a second interview in April 2025, after completing the Wilderness trilogy.
Nicky's third novel in the Wilderness trilogy, 'The Shining Men', won the Historical Fiction award in the international Christian Indie Awards in 2006.
