Nicole Givens Kurtz has been called “a genre polymath who does crime, horror, and SFF (Book Riot).” They’ve named her as one of the 6 Black SFF Indie Writers You Should be Reading, 30 Must-Read SFF Books by Black Authors, and The Best of the West: 8 Alternative History Westerns (Sisters of the Wild Sage). She’s a two-time Atomacon Palmetto Scribe Award winner. With over 20 years in publishing, she’s written for Pseudopod, Fiyah, Apex Magazine, White Wolf, The Realm (formerly Serial Box), Subsume, and Baen. Nicole has over 50 published short stories and is the author of the Cybil Lewis and Death Violations cybernoir series as well as the Kingdom of Aves fantasy mystery series. She’s written the critically acclaimed, weird western anthology, Sisters of the Wild Sage: A Weird West Collection.
Nicole has conducted workshops for Clarion and is an active instructor at Speculative Fiction Academy. She is the owner of Mocha Memoirs Press. She’s the editor for the groundbreaking SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire anthology.
Nicole is professional level member of SFWA and HWA. She’s represented by Justin Bell at Spectrum Literary Agency.
You can read Nicole’s official bibliography: NGKurtz_Bibliography
Visit Nicole’s YOUTUBE Channel for current panels discussions and virtual appearances.
@2018 Photograph by Kecia Stovall.
A few interviews (in order of newest to oldest):
- Black Heritage in Horror –HWA Spotlight February 2022
- Monster Complex-Blog post about Panel on Black Women Horror Authors, May 2021
- Discussing Worldbuilding with The Write Talk Virtual Interview
- Sumiko Saulson’s Blog, Interview for SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire
- Virtual Interview with Alicia McCalla’s Diverse Scifi & Fantasy Stories Podcast
- Guest Post on Falling in Love with Worldbuilding-July 2020
- Boskone 57 Mini Interview-February 2020
- Feature at ATL Retro (2018)
- BlackSciFi-Black History Month Appreciation: Nicole Givens Kurtz (2018)
- Atlanta Science Fiction and Fantasy Expo Vendor Spotlight: Nicole Givens Kurtz
- The Midwest Black Speculative Alliance (2017)
- Ghosts in the Kudzu (November 2017)
- Nicole Givens Kurtz meets Geektastic.com! (2017)
- Sci-Fi Sunday with Graveyard Shift Sisters (2017)
- Kickin’ the Willy Bobo with Nicole Givens Kurtz (2017)
- Nicole Givens Kurtz discusses Chesya Burke’s novel on The Outer Dark (2015)Chesya Burke’s novel on The Outer Dark (2015)Chesya Burke’s novel on The Outer Dark (2015)
- Diverse Pages: March 2014
- SFRBrigade: New Science Fiction
- The Eternal Night
- The Dragon Page radio show (2004)
- Simegen regarding EPPIE finalist, Browne Candidate and The Soul Cages.
- AuthorsDen webpage (last updated 2002)
- See the Page One interview Nicole here: Page One (2002)
Appearances (this list is no longer maintained. Sign up for the newsletter to learn about upcoming events):
2016
State of Black Science Fiction
Illogicon
Carolina Renaissance Festival’s Time Traveler’s Weekend
2015
- RavensCon
- ConGregate
- AtomaCon
2014
2013
ConCarolina, Charlotte, NC 2012
Panelist: Electronic publishing, dystopias
StellarCON 36, High Point, NC 2011
Panelist: Children’s literature, the future of libraries
MilehiCon 43, Aurora, CO 2011
Panels: Fiction Writing, publishing
ConCarolina, Charlotte, NC 2010
Panelist: Self publishing, electronic publishing, fiction writing
MilehiCon 42, Aurora, CO 2010
Panelist: Writing, publishing, children’s literature
MilehiCon 40, Aurora, CO 2008
Panelist: Writing, dystopias, fiction writing
ConCarolina, Charlotte, NC 2008
Panelist: Self publishing, electronic publishing, fiction writing
Leprecon 32, Tempe, AZ 2006
Panelist: Science fiction writing, dystopias
Westercon 57-ConKopelli, Phoenix, AZ 2006
Panelist: Short Fiction Writing, Electronic Publishing