Nikki Turner (author)
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BornRichmond, Virginia, U.S.
OccupationWriter, novelist
NationalityAmerican
AlmamaterNorth Carolina Central University
Nikki Turner | |
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| Born | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | North Carolina Central University |
| Genre | Urban fiction |
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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]
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]
