Nicole Givens Kurtz has been named one of Book Riot’s 6 Black SFF Indie Writers You Should be Reading. She's two-time Atomacon Palmetto Scribe Award Winner (2021 and 2022) for her short stories and her novella. She’s written for Apex, Fiyah, White Wolf, The Realm, and Baen.  Nicole has over 40 published short stories as well as numerous science fiction and fantasy novels.