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Nikki Dudley

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in London, The United Kingdom

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Mystery & Thrillers, Poetry, Nonfiction

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Nikki grew up in London. She has also lived in Madrid and loves to travel.

Her novel, Ellipsis, is published by Sparkling Books. Her novel, Volta, won the Virginia Prize for Fiction 2020 and was published in 2021 by Aurora Metro Books. She has poetry out with Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, Hem Press, Sídhe Press and Broken Sleep Books.

She is Managing Editor of streetcake magazine and works for charities by day.

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	Volta 4.23 avg rating — 53 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
	Ellipsis 3.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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
	I'd Better Let You Go 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings	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
	Fanny B Mine 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	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
	streetcake experimental writing prize winners’ anthology: 2019 by Nikki Dudley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Trini Decombe (Editor), Yvonne Litschel (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Exorcism Becomes Habit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Hope Alt Delete 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	streetcake prize anthology 2020 by Nikki Dudley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Trini Decombe (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Erode with Me 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	MumWrite Anthology 2020 by Nikki Dudley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Neithercut, Kerry Ryan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	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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HOW I GOT BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE INTERNET – ON CREDIBILITY

Last year, my psychological thriller, Volta, won the Virginia Prize for Fiction 2020. Fast forward to this year and after receiving my first round of edits, I had one big problem: credibility! My novel features three characters who are a lawyer, a therapist and a police officer. What became clear to me after the publisher fed back to me was that I had a serious issue with credible events, actions Read more of this blog post »

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