Nikki Turner (author)

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| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

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| occupation = Writer, novelist

| nationality = American

| alma_mater = North Carolina Central University

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| genre = Urban fiction

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| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20130622121954/http://nikkiturner.com}}[archived]

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Nikki Turner is an American author of urban fiction, dubbed by Trendsetter Magazine as the "Queen of Hip Hop Lit".{{cite web|title=Queen Of Hip Hop Lit: Nicki Turner !!!|url=http://www.juicymagonline.com/life/2011/11/queen-of-hip-hop-lit-nicki-turner/#.UPjs5R081qw|publisher=Juicy Magazine|accessdate=18 January 2013}} Her first two books, A Hustler's Wife and A Project Chick have sold about 150,000 copies as of 2005.{{cite web|title=Literatura das ruas sai dos guetos dos EUA|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/arteecultura/noticias/0,,OI480962-EI3615,00-Literatura+das+ruas+sai+dos+guetos+dos+EUA.html|publisher=Terra.com|accessdate=18 January 2013}}

Turner was born in Richmond, Virginia and has received a degree from North Carolina Central University.{{cite news|title=A way to get her message out|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/08/09/a-way-to-get-her-message-out/|access-date=18 January 2013|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 9, 2004}} She formerly worked as a travel agent, eventually quitting to become a full-time novelist.{{cite news|title=STRONG WORDS FOR A HIP-HOP NOVELIST|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1043102351.html?dids=1043102351:1043102351&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+28%2C+2006&author=RALPH+DE+LA+CRUZ+COMMENTARY&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=STRONG+WORDS+FOR+A+HIP-HOP+NOVELIST&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216160946/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1043102351.html?dids=1043102351:1043102351&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+28,+2006&author=RALPH+DE+LA+CRUZ+COMMENTARY&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=STRONG+WORDS+FOR+A+HIP-HOP+NOVELIST&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2013|accessdate=18 January 2013|work=Sun Sentinel|date=May 28, 2006}} Turner has stated that she began writing urban fiction as a way of showing the "dark side" of the street life beyond the "glitz and the glamor".

Bibliography

A Project Chick (2003)
The Glamorous Life: A Novel (2005){{cite web|title=Review: The Glamorous Life|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Glamorous-Life-Nikki-Turner/pid=1177525|publisher=Booklist|accessdate=18 January 2013}}
Riding Dirty on I-95: A Novel (2006){{cite web|title=Review: Riding Dirty on I-95.|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Riding-Dirty-on-I-95-Nikki-Turner/pid=1590192|publisher=Booklist|accessdate=18 January 2013}}
Death Before Dishonor (2007)
Black Widow: A Novel (2008)
Street Chronicles Girls in the Game (2008)
Christmas in the Hood (2008){{cite web|title=BOOK REVIEW: Christmas in the Hood|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20164952,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222055621/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20164952,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2007|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=18 January 2013}}
Ghetto Superstar: A Novel (2009){{cite web|title=Review: Ghetto Superstar|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Ghetto-Superstar-Nikki-Turner/pid=3371570|publisher=Booklist|accessdate=18 January 2013}}
Relapse: A Novel (2010){{cite web|title=The Word on Street Lit|url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6719105.html|publisher=Library Journal|accessdate=18 January 2013}}
Natural Born Hustler (2010){{cite web|title=Nikki Turner's Natural Born Hustler|url=http://blackstarnews.com/news/133/ARTICLE/6911/2010-11-11.html|publisher=Black Star News|accessdate=18 January 2013}}
A Woman's Work (2011){{cite web|title=GRIOT - "Nikki Turner Presents Street Chronicles: A Woman's Work"|url=http://washingtoninformer.com/index.php/lifestyle/item/929-griot-nikki-turner-presents-street-chronicles-a-womans-work|publisher=Washington Informer|accessdate=18 January 2013}}
A Project Chick II (2013)
The Glamorous Life 2 (2013)
The Banks Sisters (2015)
Carl Weber's Kingpins: MIam (2015){{Cite web|title = Carl Weber's Kingpins: Miami - Kindle edition by Nikki Turner. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.|url = https://www.amazon.com/Carl-Webers-Kingpins-Nikki-Turner-ebook/dp/B014BQTETG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456022554&sr=8-1&keywords=nikki+turner+carl+weber|website = www.amazon.com| date=29 September 2015 |access-date = 2016-02-21}}

=Girls from Da Hood=

Girls from Da Hood (2006)
Tales from da Hood (2006)
Girls From Da Hood 2 (2008)
Girls from da Hood 4 (2010)

=Hustler's Wife series=

A Hustler's Wife (2002)
Forever a Hustler's Wife: A Novel (2008){{cite web|title=Review: Forever a Hustler's Wife|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-49385-9|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=18 January 2013}}
Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife: A Novel (2011){{cite web|title='Heartbreak' can be addictive|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110602/WIRE/110609952|publisher=Gainesville Sun|accessdate=18 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=Review: Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-51108-9|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=18 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=Review: Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife|url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newslettersnewsletterbucketbooksmack/889235-439/the_word_on_street_lit.html.csp|publisher=Library Journal|accessdate=18 January 2013}}