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Nikita Singh is an Indian author who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She published her first novel at the age of 19, which was written within 14 days. Apart from writing books, Nikita works in the corporate sector as a marketing director.
Wiki/Biography
Nikita Singh was born on Sunday, 6 October 1991 (age 31 years; as of 2023) in Patna, Bihar, India. Her zodiac sign is Libra. She completed her schooling in 2008 at Bridgeford School, Ranchi, Jharkhand. She pursued a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy at the Acropolis Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Indore. She then pursued a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at The New York School, New York City, where she graduated in 2016.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 5″
Weight (approx.): 50 kg
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Family
Parents & Siblings
Nikita’s father, Chandra Prakash, is a businessman, and her mother, Anuradha Singh, is a homemaker. Nikita has an elder brother, Nishant. Nikita had a younger sister who died at the age of 17 in 2010, just a few months before Nikita published her first novella.
Husband
She got married to Nick Sheridan in 2022. He is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Sonos Inc. in New York City, USA.
Relationships/Affairs
Nikita was in a relationship with Nick Sheridans for four years. They met on a dating app in 2017 while she was pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in New York.
Religion
Nikita Singh follows Hinduism.
Address
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Signature/Autograph
Career
Writer
Nikita started writing in her college days and published her first novel, Love @ Facebook, in 2011 at the age of 19. It was published by Pustak Mahal Publication. She then came in contact with Durjoy Datta who established his own publishing house Grapevine. Nikita wrote two books with Grapevine India publication. She co-authored two novels, Someone Like You, and If It’s not forever.. It’s not Love with Durjoy Datta. She got into the limelight after ‘If It’s not forever.. It’s not Love. This novel was based upon the real incident of the Delhi High Court Blast which occurred on 7 September 2011.
Nikita has written many novels including Someone Like You, Like A Love Song, Every Time It Rains, Letters To My Ex etc. Her genre is modern romance. Audiobook app has converted her novels into audiobooks.
Corporate Sector
Nikita has been working with the marketing team at Venture Solar, Brooklyn, New York since 2017. She is working as a Marketing Director there. Earlier, she worked at Wisdom Tree as Publishing Manager and as an Editor at Grapevine India. Apart from this, she has worked in New York as Gallery Assistant at These Fine Walls, Social Media Expert at B3.0, Editorial intern at BOMB Magazine, Stylist at J.Crew, and as an LSO supervisor at The New School.
Favourites
- Author: Thomas Bernhard, James Baldwin
Facts/Trivia
- Nikita loves to cook, travel, and sketch.
- She has engraved a tattoo on her right hand’s wrist.
- She has spoken at various TEDx conferences in colleges and top institutes in India.
- According to Nikita, she completes the first draft of her books in 14-15 days during which she cuts down contact with her friends and everyone else. In an interview, she talked about her time management while writing books and said,
I have always had two things to do in my life – I was studying and writing a book, and then I was working and writing simultaneously. I am a good manager of time, and great at compartmentalising and prioritising.”