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Derek Nikitas

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Born

in Manchester, NH, The United States

Website

http://www.dereknikitas.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas Hardy, James Ellroy, Denis Johnson, Dashiell ...more

Member Since

June 2007

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/dereknikitas

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Derek Nikitas is the Edgar-award nominated author of the crime/mystery novels *Pyres* and *The Long Division* (a Washington Post Best Book of 2009 selection).

He has also written a science fiction adventure novel for Young Adults called *Extra Life* and has co-written several "Bookshots" books with bestselling novelist James Patterson, including *Diary of a Succubus* and *You've Been Warned--Again.*

He lives in Rhode Island. ...more

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EXTRA LIFE is out today!

Here’s a little piece I wrote for Booklist on switching genres from crime fiction to the crazy hybrid thing that EXTRA LIFE is: a young adult contemporary science fiction thriller.

Those familiar with my other books might be wondering where this one came from, and whether it’s up your alley. It’s still a thriller–in fact, even more of a fast-paced thriller than anything I’ve done before. I’m writin

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Derek Nikitas’s books

Average rating: 3.31 · 3,256 ratings · 288 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	New Dead by Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author), Joe Hill (Goodreads Author), Derek Nikitas (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 3,983 ratings — published 2010 — 19 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
	You've Been Warned - Again by James Patterson (Goodreads Author), Derek Nikitas (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 1,805 ratings — published 2017 — 8 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
	Killer Year: Stories To Die For by Lee Child (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M.J. Rose (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Brett Battles (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.58 avg rating — 985 ratings — published 2008 — 24 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
	Diary of a Succubus by James Patterson (Goodreads Author), Derek Nikitas (Goodreads Author) 3.29 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 2017 — 10 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
	Pyres 3.59 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2007 — 15 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
	The Long Division 3.23 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2009 — 5 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
	Extra Life 3.80 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Noir at the Bar by Richard Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jedidiah Ayres (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott Phillips (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2011	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
	Runaway 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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
	Longue division 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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