Nikesha Elise Williams

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About The Author

Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy Award-winning producer, an award-winning author, and producer and host of the Black and Published podcast. A narrative strategist by day and journalist always, her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Essence and Vox. Nikesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and a DeGroot Foundation Writer of Note grantee. A Chicago native, she lives in Florida with her family.

Books by Nikesha Elise Williams

The Seven Daughters of Dupree

'A masterful debut…immersive as it is unforgettable' Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

By Nikesha Elise Williams
From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the unyielding ties of family in the tradition of Homegoing and <...
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