Nikki Turner "The Queen of Hip Hop Fiction" with AALBC.com founder, Troy Johnson
Raised in the Baptist church, Turner writes her stories for a reason: "I want young girls to be forewarned about the vicious street life. They only see the glitz and the glamour. They don't see the dark side." —Nikki Turner
Turner is also the lead writer in the best-selling anthology, Girls In Da Hood. Turner's sophomore novel, A Project Chick (also an AALBC.com bestseller) got the attention of mega-publishing company, Random House. Turner has now teamed up with Random House, to launch Nikki Turner Presents, a line of urban fiction titles written by new and original authors. The line will publish two to three books each year beginning in 2007.
Turner lives in a suburb of Richmond with her two children.
"If I did nothing else but sell Nikki Turner's books AALBC.com would still be a profitable web site!" —Troy Johnson, AALBC.com founder
Turner inks publishing deal with G-Unit/Pocket Books.
A
Project Chick II: What’s Done in the Dark
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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin;
First Edition (March 12, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250001439
ISBN-13: 978-1250001436
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches
The drama-packed and wittier-than-ever sequel to
A Project Chick.
Tressa always thought that the best moment in her life was the
day she gave birth to her twin boys, Khalil and Hadji, but even
better was when she got the news that their abusive father,
Lucky, was dead. His death gave the streets freedom and safety
and gave Tressa an opportunity to start over. Thrilled the bad
days were gone, it didn’t take long for her to realize that even
though Lucky was dead, she would never be free of him.
When the twins discover that Indie, the man who raised them, had
a hand in killing their father, nothing can stop them from
plotting their revenge. They are about to find out that nothing
is what it seems.
Unique
III: Revenge
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Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: December 25, 2012
The blade of revenge cuts both ways. However, that is not going to stop Unique from getting those who are out to get her. And she is determined to be the last woman standing…
Unique
II: Betrayal
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Print Length: 69 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1250029066
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition (November 27, 2012)
Living the life she has always dreamed of, Unique isn't about to let her past ruin her future with her fiancé, big time boxing promoter, Kennard. But the tales are turned on her and it leaves Unique fighting for her very life. As for Kennard, he is stunned to learn about her past, but more importantly he is not about to let anyone get away with hurting his woman. However, as Unique and Unique's best friend, Teeydah set out on a path of revenge, a new menace, a new betrayal rises.
Unique
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Print Length: 32 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition (October 30, 2012)
With only two hundred dollars, Unique packed her suitcase and headed to New York City for a brand new start. It’s there that Unique meets big time boxing promoter, Kennard and it is love at first sight. However, after nine months of living in the lap of luxury with Kennard, skeletons from Unique’s past show up and it will cost her a cool million dollars to not only keep her relationship but her life. But Unique isn’t about to lose it all. With the help of her best friend, she devises a major heist and to pull it off all she has to do it stay alive.
A
Woman's Work: Street Chronicles
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine;
Original edition (September 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345504305
ISBN-13: 978-0345504302
The heralded Queen of Hip-Hop Lit presents an addictive
collection of celebrated urban authors with their fingers on the
pulse of the streets.
Street lit’s finest female voices—Keisha Starr,
Tysha, LaKesa Cox, and
Monique S. Hall—deliver searing stories about
women who make hard sacrifices to stay on top of their hustle
and seize the power, money, and fame they can’t live without.
Enterprising and fearless, these players are more than equipped
to handle whatever the street throws at them. That’s because
they are hellbent on survival—by any means necessary.
Once again, Nikki Turner shares ultra-realistic page-turners
that will keep fans coming back for more.
Christmas
in the Hood (Street Chronicles)
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Edited by Nikki Turner, intro by K'wan with stories by K. Elliott, J.M. Benjamin and others
Paperback: 302 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine (October 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345497805
ISBN-13: 978-0345497802
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
The undisputed queen of hip-hop fiction, #1 Essence bestselling
author Nikki Turner unwraps a talented new collection of writers
with raw urban stories to jingle your bells this season.
Christmas in the Hood presents fresh talent alongside shining
stars such as K. Elliott and Seth “Soul Man”
Ferranti—all writing gritty tales that reveal what the holidays
bring for the naughty and the nice who live by the code of the
street. In “Secret Santa,” after her children’s
Christmas presents are stolen, a woman has to decide what she’s
willing to sacrifice to give them the holiday they deserve; in
“Me and Grandma,” a senior sleighs more crack than candy canes
to bring Christmas cheer to her needy grandkids; and in “Holiday
Hell,” Noelle must raise $23,000 to repay a loan shark or
her sister will become a ghost of Christmas past. True to the
streets and true to the season, these stories will raise the
holiday spirit in the heart of even the most ghetto-hardened
gangsta.
“The ghetto’s voice without constraint.”
—Upscale, on Tales from da Hood
Heartbreak
of a Hustler's Wife
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine (April 5, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345511085
ISBN-13: 978-0345511089
Winner "Best Books 2011: Street Lit" Library Journal
Long live the Queen of Hip Hop Lit!
Nikki Turner is back with another explosive, page-turning sequel
to her #1 bestselling novels A Hustler's Wife and Forever a
Hustler's Wife.
Yarni Taylor is a successful corporate attorney who wants
nothing more than for her husband, Des, to renounce his hustlin'
ways and commit to his life as a pastor'especially after someone
tries to kill him. But Des isn't ready to abandon his old habits
just yet. He has to find out who is behind the murder attempt,
and he wonders if the brazen robbery that took place during one
of his church services is related in any way. But before he or
Yarni can regain their footing, a young woman shows up on their
doorstep'Desember Day, the eighteen-year-old daughter Des never
knew he had. And, unfortunately, she takes after her father, so
trouble isn't far behind.
With their lives on the line, Yarni must sacrifice everything
and take it out of the office and back to the streets to save
her husband and her family from their checkered but intricately
connected pasts.
Relapse
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine (April 20, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345511050
ISBN-13: 978-0345511058
Nikki Turner, Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, is back with one of her
gutsiest female characters yet, a glamorous chick with a
high-end hustle that can rival any man's game.
As the respected, renowned concierge for a luxury hotel chain,
Beijing Lee caters to the wealthy and famous. Whether it's
securing a dinner reservation, a fleet of limos, or a record
deal, or protecting her clients from the paparazzi, there's
nothing Beijing can't do. She's stacked up an impressive pile of
IOUs from the world's elite'and one day she decides it's time to
start cashing in. Before long, she's a five-star diva running
her own lucrative business, where she secures her clients their
most outrageous'and increasingly illegal'desires.
But Beijing has her own addiction: a man named Lootchee, who
lavishes her with even more diamonds and luxury than she already
has. But behind Lootchee's charm and over-the-top romantic
gestures is a selfish, high-stakes hustler who lures Beijing
into a dangerous web that takes even this seasoned enterpriser
by surpise, and breaks her heart in the process.
Once the ball finally drops, it'll take a ghost from Beijing's
past to rescue her'not only from those who are out to seriously
harm her, but from herself.
Ghetto Superstar: A Novel
(Many Cultures, One World)
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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine (April 21, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345493893
ISBN-13: 978-0345493897
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music biz in
this tale of a young woman who risks everything to be a superstar.
Fabiola Mays was born to sing. She has a voice like honey and a body to
match, but one heartbreaking setback after another threatens to derail her
dreams of a recording deal. To make matters worse, it's Christmastime, rent
is past due, and the cops intend to kick her tight-knit family to the
curb'until a small-town gangster comes to the rescue and offers them a place
to stay.
Years pass, and Fabiola continues to play gigs and travel around the country
hoping for another shot at fame. She's long forgotten the gangster named
Casino who bailed out her family once upon a time. But when Casino is shot,
Fabiola feels that she must help the man who helped her family during their
lowest point.
As Fabiola climbs the ladder of success, she is pulled between the spotlight
and the street, trying to resist industry moguls who find the allure of
fresh meat irresistible and the thugs from the shadowy side of the ghetto
who threaten to keep her close.
Black
Widow: A Novel
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine (April 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345493877
#1 bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with an explosive new novel about
a woman at an emotional crossroads'and the men left in her wake.
Isis Tatum knows firsthand the way love can mess up a person. After all, she
saw her mother drive a truck through the home of her father's mistress
before killing her dad. And ever since Isis was a teenager, her love life
has been a series of disasters: Her first sweetheart was executed by the
state of Virginia, and her next lover was sent to jail for murder. Now Isis
is a successful jewelry designer, but she remains a failure with men. When
she meets Logic, a Las Vegas high roller who treats her like a princess,
Isis reckons she's finally struck gold'literally. Logic sees to it that her
custom pieces of jewelry are seen on the hottest rap stars and pro athletes.
But when this Mr. Right ends up in jail too, Isis starts to believe that
she's cursed, that she's a true Black Widow. Always one to roll with the
punches, she embraces her life and walks bravely down all its twisted paths,
taking her business to unprecedented heights while letting the men who dare
to get involved with her take their chances.
'Few writers working in the field today bring the drama quite as
dramatically as Nikki Turner. . . . [She's] a master at weaving juicy,
'hood-rich sagas of revenge, regret, and redemption.' —Vibe.com
Forever a Hustler's Wife: A Novel
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine (April 10, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0345493850
The high priestess of the hood, Nikki Turner, is back with the novel fans have been feenin' for: the sequel to her #1 bestselling novel, A Hustler's Wife.
Des, Virginia's slickest gangsta, is about to become a dad when he is
charged with the murder of his own attorney. But with Yarni, his gorgeous
wife (and a brilliant lawyer), now calling the shots, Des isn't going back
to the slammer without a fierce fight. Even with the heat on, Des manages to
take his game to the next level and finds a new hustle, one that will allow
him to possess the three things all major players desire: money, power, and
respect. He becomes a preacher. Reluctantly, Yarni stands by her man as he
trades in his triple beam scale for a Bible and a Bentley and makes his
Church of the Good Life Ministry a welcoming place for all sinners to step
up to the altar.
But when Des's nephew is killed in the high-stakes heroin trade and Des
learns that someone close to him okayed the hit, the dyed-in-the-wool
gangsta sets aside the Bible for the gospel of the streets'even if it means
risking the one person who's always had his back.
Death
Before Dishonor
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by 50 Cent, Nikki Turner,
ISBN: 1416531009
Pub. Date: January 2007
Format: Paperback, 194pp
Publisher: Pocket Books
ONE REASON TO LIVE.
THREE REASONS TO DIE.
Trill Johnson has five years of jail time under his belt, two women trying to get inside his pants, and one mission in his heart of hearts: Get the suckers who sold him out. And get 'em good.
Sunni James will do anything for Trill. Lie, cheat, steal. Even risk losing her successful beauty salon to save him from the mean streets of Richmond.
Precious Pay will do anything for Trill, too. She cribbed his kid while he did his time, so now she wants Trill to pay for the leg she lost in a robbery gone wrong.
But when love is a lie, who do you trust? When the deals turn dirty, who do you betray? And when the guns start blazing, who's going down?
Riding
Dirty on I-95
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ISBN: 0345476840
Format: Paperback, 320pp
Pub. Date: April 2006
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
Queen of hip hop fiction Nikki Turner follows her gritty, emotionally charged novel The Glamorous Life with this new tale from the hood featuring a beautiful down-on-her-luck sister who can out-hustle the best of them as she rises from the ghetto to glory.
After Mercy's beloved dad is murdered in cold blood on her seventh birthday, her mother gives her up to foster care. But despite an unsavory upbringing, Mercy vows to make something of herself'at all costs.
Working as a concierge at a hotel notorious for its shady clientele, Mercy meets and falls hard for a notorious dealer who keeps her living large in Gucci clothes and off-the-hook apartments. Then she lands a real lucrative deal: running drugs up Interstate 95 from Miami to New York.
But Mercy doesn't want to live the gangsta life forever. She's got bigger dreams. She turns legit and makes her mark, yet despite a new, cleaned-up career, she can't get the streets completely out of her blood. A sexy hustler named C-Note steals her heart. And as their relationship heats up, Mercy discovers that their pasts are hopelessly'and tragically'entwined.
Tales
From Da Hood
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ISBN: 0345484010
Format: Paperback, 304pp
Pub. Date: January 2006
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
These stories are not fables or fairy tales. They are severe chronicles of gangstas, written by men and women who have starved and bled and survived by the code of the streets.
Essence magazine's #1 bestselling author Nikki Turner has earned her rep as "the Princess of Hip-Hop" with gritty urban novels like A Hustler's Wife and The Glamorous Life. Now she lends her considerable street cred to this anthology, the first of its kind- an explosive collection featuring edgy new writers Turner handpicked for their ability to evoke the street, and the people who live by its rules, in hot, hyperrealistic stories.
Turner scoured the ghetto, the prisons, and every crack and crevice around the country to bring you these impressive new fresh-from-the-street voices. Never one to disappoint her fans, Turner even throws in a raw gangsta tale of her own. From a buppie who risks her entire well-groomed world when she's suddenly turned on by a thug ("Gotta Have a Ruffneck"), to a lesbian pimp who gets what she deserves from the women she's turning out ("Big Daddy"), these stories will shock, entertain, and make you fly through the pages.
The
Glamorous Life : A Novel
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ISBN: 0345476832
Format: Paperback, 304pp
Pub. Date: April 2005
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
The lure of Richmond, VA's streets is too strong for Bambi, a good girl from the right side of the tracks, who fell in love with, Reggie, a young hustler. Her thug love not only corrupted her but blinded her with the bling and cash that come with living the glamorous life of a gangsta's girl--until Reggie hit her with a low blow, crumbling her heart. From that day forward, Bambi vowed that whoever crossed her or anyone she loved would pay--usually in large bills.
With the street knowledge she gleaned from her ex as well as her own business savvy, Bambi builds a multimillion-dollar party planning empire. Along the way she runs across all kinds of dudes who try to run massive amounts of game, and ultimately she becomes a first-rate swindler and top-notch gamestress in her own right. Then she crosses paths with Lynx, a young drug dealer who sees more in Bambi than the gold digger she is rumored to be. He methodically penetrates her shield layer by layer until he captures her heart. But is she just setting herself up to be played once again?
The #1 bestselling author of A Hustler's Wife and A Project Chick, Nikki Turner gives up the game that could never be sold, only told.
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Project Chick
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ISBN: 0970247265
Format: Paperback, 353pp
Pub. Date: November 2003
Publisher: Triple Crown Publications
The 10th bestselling book on AALBC.com for all of 2005
The 5th bestselling book on AALBC.com for all of 2004
Tressa is a fly girl accustomed to the lavish lifestyle that her possessive, deranged, baby's daddy, Lucky, has provider her with. In order to keep her high post standards of living, she has excused so many of his unforgivable actions. It is not until he pulls off the ultimate stunt that she realizes that no mink coat, car, house or any amount of money is worth her peace of mind.
Never blinking or thinking twice, Tressa leaves everything behind, with the exception of her street savvy, and sets out to make a life of her own, one that would be filled with hard times and even harder luck. Tressa soon finds herself making the transition from public figure to public assistance. Every day of her life seems like one drama-filled chapter after another. From the baby daddy drama, to the backstabbing friends, to the various unforgettable men she sorts through and disposes of.
There will be times she has to struggle and scramble just to make ends meet, and other times when she will stand tall and hold her own.
In this captivating tale, Tressa's voyage will expose readers to a side of a struggling single mother that has yet to be revealed to them
A
Hustler's Wife
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ISBN: 0970247257
Format: Paperback, 259pp
Pub. Date: August 2003
Publisher: Triple Crown Publications
The 8th bestselling book on AALBC.com for all of 2005
The 2th bestselling book on AALBC.com for all of 2004
(more than 100,000 copies in print)
Sweet innocent Yarni, from a well-to do family, by chance, meets Richmond's notorious drug kingpin, Des. Immediately they develop an astronomical love, which separates her from her family and friends. But when Des, is sentenced to life in prison, she will learn, being a hustler's wife isn't as easy, with her sole provider behind bars.
Travel with Yarni, as she survives when the script if flipped. At times she plays the game, and at other times...the game plays her. Her journey is filled with laughter, tears, failures, triumphs and perseverance.
Nikki's debut novel is a smorgasbord of manipulation, street-life, greed, betrayal, envy, money, power and revenge.
Girls
From Da Hood
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by Nikki Turner and Chunichi
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date:
Publisher: Urban Books
While Lady Bug's dope slaying boyfriend, Took sat in the city jail waiting to stand trial. Lady Bug was busy, recklessly spending, allowing Took's money to pass through her hands like running water. Never completely understanding that the stash money was for a rainy day. And when it rains, it pours.
It is not until Lady Bug's phone is disconnected for non-payment that she is hit in the face with the reality, that Took won't be around to pay the phone bill, or any bill for that matter. Even with the best defense attorneys that money could buy, Took had to give the state of Virginia at least the next seven years of his life. With an empty refrigerator, a stack of bills piling up, a tenth grade education, a big butt and a smile, it could not have been any clearer to her, that she has to stand on her own just to survive the everyday struggle. It didn't take long for her to learn to pull the wool over the eyes of any joker who was blinded by her good looks. She was sure that one day some clown's slip up would be her ultimate come-up. And when it fell in her lap, her days of nickel and dime swindles would all be a thing of the past. Lady Bug knew that every scandalous chick had her day, but never thought her day would some too!
Travel with Lady Bug as she navigates through the hood putting every petty hustle into play to chase hard times away from her door. Never having a bit of shame, her low-lifed scams are a sure disgrace to any gold digger, sac chaser, guttersnipe or chicken head. For she falls at the bottom of the barrel weighting in at nothing less than a hoodrat!
The Princess of Hip Hop Fiction, Nikki Turner, took readers through the life of, A Hustler's Wife, then on to a safari with A Project Chick. Now she blesses them with the journey of, Girls From The Hood.
Girls
from Da Hood 2
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with Kashamba Williams, Joy Turner
ISBN: 1893196283
Format: Paperback, 300pp
Pub. Date: October 2005
Publisher: Urban Books
Girls From Da Hood 2 is the story of Helena, Storm and Keyshawn, three
very different young ladies living in Marcy projects who are linked together
by one man. His name is Malek Shaw, and he's the best and the worst thing
that's happened to each one of them.
Helena Smith's life was on track. She was an A+ student and just voted most
likely to succeed in her high school class. She was just about to get out of
the ghetto on an academic scholarship until the night of her boyfriend's
eighteenth birthday. Now her father's in jail, her mother's abandoned her
and she's carrying her boyfriend's brother's child.
All Storm Johnson wanted to do was have her baby and spend the rest of her
life with her boyfriend, Malek. That is until she woke up one day to find
the police knocking at her door. Now she's being charged with possession of
drugs with the intent to distribute, and Malek is nowhere to be found.
Keyshawn Nixon is Malek's old flame. She used to be a prostitute, but now
she's left the life and is looking for revenge on Malek, the man who turned
her out.
Death Before Dishonor
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: MTV (January 9, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN: 1416531009
ONE REASON TO LIVE. THREE REASONS TO DIE.
Trill Johnson has five years of jail time under his belt, two women trying
to get inside his pants, and one mission in his heart of hearts: Get the
suckers who sold him out. And get 'em good.
Sunni James will do anything for Trill. Lie, cheat, steal. Even risk losing
her successful beauty salon to save him from the mean streets of Richmond.
Precious Pay will do anything for Trill, too. She cribbed his kid while he
did his time, so now she wants Trill to pay for the leg she lost in a
robbery gone wrong.
But when love is a lie, who do you trust? When the deals turn dirty, who do
you betray? And when the guns start blazing, who's going down?
Related Links
One World Launches Nikki Turner Book Line -
Nikki Turner Presents
"...Nikki Turner Presents, a line of urban fiction titles
written by new and original authors. The line will publish two to three books
each year beginning in 2007. Turner joins such African American writers as
Zane (at S&S) and Carl Weber
(at Kensington) who have set themselves up as publishers aligned with, and
supported by, large houses."
Nikki
Turner is featured in the 2011 documentary film,
Behind Those Books, which is a thought Provoking Documentary Tackling Societal Ills Through Literature
The film was Written & Produced by: Kaven Brown & Edited & Directed by:
Mills Miller
Visit http://aalbc.it/behindthosebooks to learn more
