Nikki Turner is an American author of urban fiction, dubbed by Trendsetter Magazine as the "Queen of Hip Hop Lit".[1] Her first two books, A Hustler's Wife and A Project Chick have sold about 150,000 copies as of 2005.[2]

Nikki Turner
BornRichmond, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationWriter, novelist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNorth Carolina Central University
GenreUrban fiction
Website
web.archive.org/web/20130622121954/http://nikkiturner.com[archived]

Turner was born in Richmond, Virginia and has received a degree from North Carolina Central University.[3] She formerly worked as a travel agent, eventually quitting to become a full-time novelist.[4] 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".[3]

Bibliography

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  • A Project Chick (2003)
  • The Glamorous Life: A Novel (2005)[5]
  • Riding Dirty on I-95: A Novel (2006)[6]
  • Death Before Dishonor (2007)
  • Black Widow: A Novel (2008)
  • Street Chronicles Girls in the Game (2008)
  • Christmas in the Hood (2008)[7]
  • Ghetto Superstar: A Novel (2009)[8]
  • Relapse: A Novel (2010)[9]
  • Natural Born Hustler (2010)[10]
  • A Woman's Work (2011)[11]
  • A Project Chick II (2013)
  • The Glamorous Life 2 (2013)
  • The Banks Sisters (2015)
  • Carl Weber's Kingpins: MIam (2015)[12]

Girls from Da Hood

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  • 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

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  1. A Hustler's Wife (2002)
  2. Forever a Hustler's Wife: A Novel (2008)[13]
  3. Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife: A Novel (2011)[14][15][16]

Unique

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Note: This series was released as an e-serial from 2012 to 2014

  1. Unique (2014)
  2. Unique II: Betrayal (2012)
  3. Unique III: Revenge (2012)
  4. Unique IV: Love & Lies (2013)
  5. Unique V: Secrets Revealed (2014)
  • Always Unique (2014, collects stories I - V)

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Of Hip Hop Lit: Nicki Turner !!!". Juicy Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Literatura das ruas sai dos guetos dos EUA". Terra.com. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b "A way to get her message out". Chicago Tribune. August 9, 2004. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ^ "STRONG WORDS FOR A HIP-HOP NOVELIST". Sun Sentinel. May 28, 2006. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Review: The Glamorous Life". Booklist. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Review: Riding Dirty on I-95". Booklist. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. ^ "BOOK REVIEW: Christmas in the Hood". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Review: Ghetto Superstar". Booklist. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  9. ^ "The Word on Street Lit". Library Journal. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Nikki Turner's Natural Born Hustler". Black Star News. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  11. ^ "GRIOT - "Nikki Turner Presents Street Chronicles: A Woman's Work"". Washington Informer. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Carl Weber's Kingpins: Miami - Kindle edition by Nikki Turner. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com". www.amazon.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  13. ^ "Review: Forever a Hustler's Wife". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  14. ^ "'Heartbreak' can be addictive". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  15. ^ "Review: Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  16. ^ "Review: Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife". Library Journal. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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