Award-Winning Author, Presenter, and Educator
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I write board books, picture books, and chapter books, as well as middle grade and young adult novels. I write whichever ideas stay long enough to become pests. I'm a prisoner of my own creative mind! Feel free to browse around, and do come back again soon. This website is a work in progress...just like me.
Releasing on 1/6/26!
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to introduce young readers to the life and legacy of the one and only Prince in this beautifully illustrated and collectible Little Golden Book!
Preorder from Avid Reader by 1/1/26, and receive a copy signed by Nikki and illustrator, Don Tate!
Releasing on 4/21/26!
From Nikki Shannon Smith comes a story of the Titanic, family, survival, and the secrets we hide from those we love. Seamlessly weaving between the Great Depression and a journey aboard the Titanic, DEEP SECRETS tells a story about what it means to survive, and all those we leave behind to do so.