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  <name><![CDATA[Nikki Turner]]></name>
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  <followers-count type="integer">6</followers-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[After &lt;i&gt;Nikki Turner&lt;/i&gt; read &lt;i&gt;The Coldest Winter Ever&lt;/i&gt; by &lt;i&gt;Sistah Souljah&lt;/i&gt; she was dismayed that there weren't other books like it. &quot;I wanted to write the kinds of books I wanted to read,&quot; said the bestselling author, whose 2002 debut novel, &lt;i&gt;A Hustler's Wife&lt;/i&gt;, would go on to sell more than a few 100,000 copies.
While &lt;i&gt;Nikki Turner's&lt;/i&gt; first two novels were published by a small publishing house in the Midwest, in 2004 she signed a 2-book deal with One World, an imprint of Ballantine Books, which is part of The Random House Publishing Group. After publishing the first book under that deal, &lt;i&gt;The Glamorous Life&lt;/i&gt; in 2005 as well as a short story collection edited by Nikki, &lt;i&gt;Street Chronicles: Tales from da Hood&lt;/i&gt;, One World quickly signed Nikki up for three more &lt;i&gt;Nikki Turner Original&lt;/i&gt; novels and negotiated a deal with her for her own book line, &lt;i&gt;Nikki Turner Presents&lt;/i&gt;. &quot;I want to give new authors the same kind of opportunity I was given,&quot; said Nikki. &quot;I want to produce authors who will be household names.&quot;

(Taken from author's website)

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  <title><![CDATA[Forever a Hustler's Wife]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Riding Dirty on I-95]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Project Chick]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roy Glenn]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chunichi Knott]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Street Chronicles: Girls in the Game]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ghetto Superstar]]></title>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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