Nicola Rooney

Nicola Rooney was born in Germany after the World War II, while her father was serving in the British Army. She has lived in Malta, Hong Kong, Belgium and Turkey before settling down to be educated at boarding school in England. She was the first female to graduate in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University, and stayed to complete a PhD in Fluidization. She spent 8 years working in the chemical industry in England before coming to Canada in 1982. In Canada she worked in Technical Support, Marketing and R&D for a synthetic rubber company. When the German company Bayer took them over, and offered a buyout too good to refuse, she took it, but having four children to educate, an income was necessary. From an advertisement in the Detroit newspaper, she bought the bookstore in Ann Arbor, and moved here in 1995. She is married with four children and six year old granddaughter and a two year old grandson. Her husband acts as business advisor to the bookstore, and runs a group of Physical Therapy Clinics in the Detroit suburbs as well as a consulting company. When she has time she enjoys gardening, cooking, knitting, and of course, reading.