Nikki Turner

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born

Richmond

gender

female

website

http://www.nikkiturner.com

genre

Literature & Fiction

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After Nikki Turner read The Coldest Winter Ever by Sistah Souljah she was dismayed that there weren't other books like it. "I wanted to write the kinds of books I wanted to read," said the bestselling author, whose 2002 debut novel, A Hustler's Wife, would go on to sell more than a few 100,000 copies.
While Nikki Turner's 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, The Glamorous Life in 2005 as well as a short story collection edited by Nikki, Street Chronicles: Tales from da Hood, One World quickly signed Nikki up for three more N...more

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Books by Nikki Turner

Average rating: 4.24 · 5,380 ratings · 416 reviews · 20 distinct works

	A Hustler's Wife: A Nikki Turner Original 4.41 avg rating — 915 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Forever a Hustler's Wife 4.36 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Riding Dirty on I-95 4.30 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Black Widow 4.28 avg rating — 465 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Glamorous Life 4.33 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Project Chick 4.38 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Girls from Da Hood by Nikki Turner, Roy Glenn (Goodreads Author), Chunichi Knott 4.14 avg rating — 342 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Ghetto Superstar 3.95 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Tales From Da Hood 4.03 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Natural Born Hustler 4.03 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by Nikki Turner

A Hustler's Wife Series (3 books)
by Nikki Turner

4.37 avg rating — 1,633 ratings

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Quotes by Nikki Turner

“ You Got to know when to hold em' , Know when to fold em' , know when to walk away, know when to run. ”
― Nikki Turner

tags: inspirational-attitude

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“Sometimes two people could look at the same picture and see different images. Position determines perspective.”
― Nikki Turner, Natural Born Hustler

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“The cemetery is where a young hustla go to retire, and prison is where he goes to grow old.”
― Nikki Turner

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