Nikesha Elise Williams

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About The Author

Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy Award–winning producer, an award-winning author, and producer and host of the Black and Published podcast. A narrative strategist by day and journalist always, her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Essence, and Vox. Nikesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and a DeGroot Foundation Writer of Note grantee. A Chicago native, she lives in Florida with her family.

Appearances

AUG 1
11:00AM
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Black Books Matter Fest
121 American Way
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
SEP 26
9:00AM
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Mississippi Book Festival
Mississippi State Capitol Building
400 High St.
Jackson, MS 39201
OCT 3
12:00AM
In Person

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Six Bridges Book Festival
TK
Little Rock, AR TK
OCT 11
5:00PM
In Person

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The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library benef
Saint Paul RiverCentre
175 Kellogg Boulevard West
Saint Paul, MN 55114-1043

Books by Nikesha Elise Williams

The Seven Daughters of Dupree

A Novel

By Nikesha Elise Williams
From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the unyielding ties of family in the tradition of Homegoing and The L...
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