Nikki Shannon Smith

Nikki Shannon Smith is an educator, presenter, and the award-winning author of nearly 30 published and forthcoming books, ranging from board books to young adult novels. Her most recent titles include PRINCE: A Little Golden Book Biography (Random House Children’s Books), and her middle grade novel,...

Deep Secrets (A Titanic Novel)

By: Nikki Shannon Smith

From Nikki Shannon Smith, author of Stranded, comes a story of the Titanic, family, survival, and the secrets we hide from those we love. Colette only wants three things: to prove she isn't weak,...

Ann Fights for Freedom (Girls Survive)

By: Nikki Shannon Smith

Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brothe...

Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story (Girls Survive)

By: Nikki Shannon Smith

In the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in the United States. But Tulsa is still a segregated city. "Black Wall Street" and white Tulsa are ver...