Nikki Alexander
@nikki-alex.bsky.social
Author of contemporary fiction and romance. Champion of black and queer stories 🏳️🌈 Dog mom 🐶
ARC OF THE UNIVERSE out June 24, 2025.
nikkialexanderwrites.com
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ARC OF THE UNIVERSE out June 24, 2025.
nikkialexanderwrites.com
https://linktr.ee/nikkialex
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Nikki Alexander
@nikki-alex.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Arc of the Universe is out TODAY! Available from most online retailers.
How do you design a system of government from scratch when you’ve lost faith in government itself?
A few readers have called it “timely” - because it’s about social justice and standing up for what’s right.
#arcoftheuniverse
How do you design a system of government from scratch when you’ve lost faith in government itself?
A few readers have called it “timely” - because it’s about social justice and standing up for what’s right.
#arcoftheuniverse
Honored to be discussing Arc of the Universe with WashU Professor Adrienne Davis on 9/29
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September 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Honored to be discussing Arc of the Universe with WashU Professor Adrienne Davis on 9/29
www.left-bank.com/event/nikki-...
www.left-bank.com/event/nikki-...
In case you thought Arc of the Universe wasn’t relevant to today…
June 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In case you thought Arc of the Universe wasn’t relevant to today…
Arc of the Universe is out TODAY! Available from most online retailers.
How do you design a system of government from scratch when you’ve lost faith in government itself?
A few readers have called it “timely” - because it’s about social justice and standing up for what’s right.
#arcoftheuniverse
How do you design a system of government from scratch when you’ve lost faith in government itself?
A few readers have called it “timely” - because it’s about social justice and standing up for what’s right.
#arcoftheuniverse
June 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Arc of the Universe is out TODAY! Available from most online retailers.
How do you design a system of government from scratch when you’ve lost faith in government itself?
A few readers have called it “timely” - because it’s about social justice and standing up for what’s right.
#arcoftheuniverse
How do you design a system of government from scratch when you’ve lost faith in government itself?
A few readers have called it “timely” - because it’s about social justice and standing up for what’s right.
#arcoftheuniverse
Every time I think “this is silly why am I even publishing a book” I get a new NetGalley review that leaves me in tears. Thank you for seeing all that I was trying to do with this book!
#ArcoftheUniverse
#ArcoftheUniverse
May 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every time I think “this is silly why am I even publishing a book” I get a new NetGalley review that leaves me in tears. Thank you for seeing all that I was trying to do with this book!
#ArcoftheUniverse
#ArcoftheUniverse
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Soooo, a little book-loving birdie told me The Secret Crush Book Club is up on NetGalley and available to request 😁
👉🏾 bit.ly/43Nfkai
👉🏾 bit.ly/43Nfkai
May 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Soooo, a little book-loving birdie told me The Secret Crush Book Club is up on NetGalley and available to request 😁
👉🏾 bit.ly/43Nfkai
👉🏾 bit.ly/43Nfkai
Reposted by Nikki Alexander
Did you know that since 2024, the AALBC has kept a monthly list of the bestselling books by Black authors? April's list includes James, Happy Land, and Seven Days in June.
#BlackBookSky
#BookSky
#BlackSky
#PublishingWatch
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#BlackSky
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The Bestselling Books in the United States Written by Black Writers: Adult Fiction (Hardcover), April 2025
Discover America's bestselling books by Black and African American authors. Published monthly, the BLK Bestsellers List include 160 titles across eight categories including Fiction, Nonfiction, YA and...
aalbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Did you know that since 2024, the AALBC has kept a monthly list of the bestselling books by Black authors? April's list includes James, Happy Land, and Seven Days in June.
#BlackBookSky
#BookSky
#BlackSky
#PublishingWatch
#BlackBookSky
#BookSky
#BlackSky
#PublishingWatch
ARC OF THE UNIVERSE is now available on NetGalley!
It features a Black queer law professor designing a system of government for an experimental Mars colony and makes the case for diversity and inclusion in space.
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#BookSky #BlackBookSky
It features a Black queer law professor designing a system of government for an experimental Mars colony and makes the case for diversity and inclusion in space.
www.netgalley.com/widget/84818...
#BookSky #BlackBookSky
May 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
ARC OF THE UNIVERSE is now available on NetGalley!
It features a Black queer law professor designing a system of government for an experimental Mars colony and makes the case for diversity and inclusion in space.
www.netgalley.com/widget/84818...
#BookSky #BlackBookSky
It features a Black queer law professor designing a system of government for an experimental Mars colony and makes the case for diversity and inclusion in space.
www.netgalley.com/widget/84818...
#BookSky #BlackBookSky
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The world is on fire. So, of course I'm publishing a book about an intergenerational group of Black women supporting each other and taking care of business - with swords. And it releases on Juneteenth.
Preorder available now: www.tatianaobey.com/shop
#booksky #blackbooksky
Preorder available now: www.tatianaobey.com/shop
#booksky #blackbooksky
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The world is on fire. So, of course I'm publishing a book about an intergenerational group of Black women supporting each other and taking care of business - with swords. And it releases on Juneteenth.
Preorder available now: www.tatianaobey.com/shop
#booksky #blackbooksky
Preorder available now: www.tatianaobey.com/shop
#booksky #blackbooksky
Arc of the Universe is out in about two months. Now more than ever seems like the time to consider what our future looks like in space.
#blackbooksky
#diversereads
#blackbooksky
#diversereads
April 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Arc of the Universe is out in about two months. Now more than ever seems like the time to consider what our future looks like in space.
#blackbooksky
#diversereads
#blackbooksky
#diversereads
March 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Seeking recs for commissioning character art! Any suggestions?
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
March 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Seeking recs for commissioning character art! Any suggestions?
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
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Now seems like a great time to reshare my LGBTQIA+ masterlist. 3,200+ books with a queer MC, that you can filter and search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags like "dragons" #booksky
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LGBTQIA+ Fiction Masterlist
A masterlist of queer fiction books which can be sorted and filter by preferences such as genre, age group, representation, and romantic pairing.
beffynicolereads.wordpress.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Now seems like a great time to reshare my LGBTQIA+ masterlist. 3,200+ books with a queer MC, that you can filter and search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags like "dragons" #booksky
beffynicolereads.wordpress.com/queer-fictio...
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Saturday cozy editing vibes
March 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Saturday cozy editing vibes
Somehow having a cover for my book makes things 1000x more real. So excited/terrified for this book to come out
March 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Somehow having a cover for my book makes things 1000x more real. So excited/terrified for this book to come out
Y’all I am sooo late to the game but I finally made an author IG. Would love to connect with other readers and writers! Let me know how I can support your content
www.instagram.com/nikki_writes...
#WritingCommunity #BlackBookSky
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#WritingCommunity #BlackBookSky
March 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Y’all I am sooo late to the game but I finally made an author IG. Would love to connect with other readers and writers! Let me know how I can support your content
www.instagram.com/nikki_writes...
#WritingCommunity #BlackBookSky
www.instagram.com/nikki_writes...
#WritingCommunity #BlackBookSky
I love winter but wow does this warmer weather have me feeling better
March 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I love winter but wow does this warmer weather have me feeling better
Don’t mind me, just plotting a new silly book idea while my WIP sits abandoned
February 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Don’t mind me, just plotting a new silly book idea while my WIP sits abandoned
Copy editor: compliments a sentence.
Me: yup, just like I thought, got a NYT #1 bestseller right here.
Me: yup, just like I thought, got a NYT #1 bestseller right here.
January 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Copy editor: compliments a sentence.
Me: yup, just like I thought, got a NYT #1 bestseller right here.
Me: yup, just like I thought, got a NYT #1 bestseller right here.
Rate your favorite tropes 0-10
enemies to lovers: 11/10
second chance: 7/10
fake dating: 5/10
friends to lovers: 4/10
age gap: 5/10
grumpy/sunshine: 7/10
pregnancy: 4/10
slowburn: 3/10
love triangle: 8/10
forced proximity: 10/10
#BlackBookSky
#Booksky
enemies to lovers: 11/10
second chance: 7/10
fake dating: 5/10
friends to lovers: 4/10
age gap: 5/10
grumpy/sunshine: 7/10
pregnancy: 4/10
slowburn: 3/10
love triangle: 8/10
forced proximity: 10/10
#BlackBookSky
#Booksky
Rate ur fav tropes 0-10
enemies to lovers: 8/10 in fantasy; 3/10 contemporary
second chance: 10/10
fake dating: 3/10
friends to lovers: 8/10
age gap: 5/10
grumpy/sunshine: 7/10
pregnancy: 10/10
slowburn: 10/10
love triangle: 8/10
why choose: 4/10
forced proximity: 6/10
#BlackBookSky
#Booksky 💙📚
enemies to lovers: 8/10 in fantasy; 3/10 contemporary
second chance: 10/10
fake dating: 3/10
friends to lovers: 8/10
age gap: 5/10
grumpy/sunshine: 7/10
pregnancy: 10/10
slowburn: 10/10
love triangle: 8/10
why choose: 4/10
forced proximity: 6/10
#BlackBookSky
#Booksky 💙📚
Rate your favorite tropes from 0-10
enemies to lovers:10/10
second chance: 5/10
fake dating: 2/10
friends to lovers: 1/10
age gap: 0/10
grumpy/sunshine: 6/10
pregnancy: 3/10
slowburn: 2/10
love triangle: 6/10
why choose: 10/10
forced proximity: 10/10
#BlackBookSky
enemies to lovers:10/10
second chance: 5/10
fake dating: 2/10
friends to lovers: 1/10
age gap: 0/10
grumpy/sunshine: 6/10
pregnancy: 3/10
slowburn: 2/10
love triangle: 6/10
why choose: 10/10
forced proximity: 10/10
#BlackBookSky
January 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Rate your favorite tropes 0-10
enemies to lovers: 11/10
second chance: 7/10
fake dating: 5/10
friends to lovers: 4/10
age gap: 5/10
grumpy/sunshine: 7/10
pregnancy: 4/10
slowburn: 3/10
love triangle: 8/10
forced proximity: 10/10
#BlackBookSky
#Booksky
enemies to lovers: 11/10
second chance: 7/10
fake dating: 5/10
friends to lovers: 4/10
age gap: 5/10
grumpy/sunshine: 7/10
pregnancy: 4/10
slowburn: 3/10
love triangle: 8/10
forced proximity: 10/10
#BlackBookSky
#Booksky
My debut novel, Arc of the Universe, got its title from words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr:
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Thinking about that quote a lot today.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Thinking about that quote a lot today.
January 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My debut novel, Arc of the Universe, got its title from words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr:
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Thinking about that quote a lot today.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Thinking about that quote a lot today.
Reposted by Nikki Alexander
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Parable of the Sower was the last book I read in 2024 and it had such a profound impact on me
January 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Parable of the Sower was the last book I read in 2024 and it had such a profound impact on me
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Resharing the Black Women Writers starter pack since someone said Threads & FB folks might be headed over here. I read and champion *all* writers, but Black women have unique obstacles in this biz, so your follows will help. Leave a comment if you want to be added. 💙📚🌴
go.bsky.app/CMkVhBW
go.bsky.app/CMkVhBW
January 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Resharing the Black Women Writers starter pack since someone said Threads & FB folks might be headed over here. I read and champion *all* writers, but Black women have unique obstacles in this biz, so your follows will help. Leave a comment if you want to be added. 💙📚🌴
go.bsky.app/CMkVhBW
go.bsky.app/CMkVhBW
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Words to feed your Self for the new year.
“I am whole.
I am learning.
I am letting go.
I am free.
I am talented and courageous.
I am protecting my joy.
I am brave.
I am healing.
I am loving myself. Unapologetically.”
(Alex Elle)
from Becca Anderson’s Prayers for Calm.
“I am whole.
I am learning.
I am letting go.
I am free.
I am talented and courageous.
I am protecting my joy.
I am brave.
I am healing.
I am loving myself. Unapologetically.”
(Alex Elle)
from Becca Anderson’s Prayers for Calm.
January 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Words to feed your Self for the new year.
“I am whole.
I am learning.
I am letting go.
I am free.
I am talented and courageous.
I am protecting my joy.
I am brave.
I am healing.
I am loving myself. Unapologetically.”
(Alex Elle)
from Becca Anderson’s Prayers for Calm.
“I am whole.
I am learning.
I am letting go.
I am free.
I am talented and courageous.
I am protecting my joy.
I am brave.
I am healing.
I am loving myself. Unapologetically.”
(Alex Elle)
from Becca Anderson’s Prayers for Calm.
Knowing what a dumpster fire 2025 will be, I’m beyond grateful to have my debut novel coming out this year. One silver lining!
January 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Knowing what a dumpster fire 2025 will be, I’m beyond grateful to have my debut novel coming out this year. One silver lining!