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Nikki Turner

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Cape Town, South Africa

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Fantasy, Children's

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April 2015

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Nikki graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with an Honours Degree in Drama and English. She later received a distinction in the Community Journalism course she studied through Unisa. Her career as a professional actress began with two cabarets which she wrote and performed. Her first show 3D on Broadway went on to feature on MNet’s TV series, It’s a Funny Country! Her second show, It’s a Koch Up!, was featured on Nataniel’s talk show on Kyknet.

Nikki worked for twelve years with children’s theatre company, The Lilliput Players, as an actress, singer and choreographer. She had a two year stint as a script editor and presenter trainer on the eTV children’s show Craz-e. She currently runs CCH Productions, which tours musical theatre sh ...more

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	The Vulture King 4.34 avg rating — 41 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closing Time by Bethan White (Goodreads Author), Nikki Turner (Goodreads Author), Ashley Laino 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My books arrived!

Covid has messed with lots of things, disrupted so many plans and expectations. I released my first novel, The Vulture King, in May and thanks to Corona, getting physical copies of my books to South Africa was problematic. I watched as friends in The UK and US got their copies and could only dream of holding my book in my hands.

But my aunt in England came through for me. She posted a package of my Read more of this blog post »

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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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