Nikki St. Crowe
Nikki St. Crowe is a USA Today bestselling author of dark romantasy and paranormal romance, especially villain-focused fairy-tale retellings. She is best known for the #1 Amazon bestselling Vicious Lost Boys series, beginning with The Never King, and has expanded that readership with books including The Fae Princes and West of Wicked.
Biography & Author's Journey
Nikki St. Crowe is a romantasy author whose public biographies emphasize early imaginative writing more than formal educational detail. She has said she has been writing since grade school, when her stories were filled with adventure and treasure hunting; one early manuscript centered on a magical mansion full of gold and jewels. Over time, that imaginative habit developed into a defined body of dark paranormal romance built around villains, monsters, and anti-heroes, often paired with women who grow into their own power. Her publisher biography places her with her husband and daughter on the shores of Lake Michigan, a setting that has become part of her public author image. ((https://www.nikkistcrowe.com/about))
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"Nikki St Crowe writing style is beautiful"
— Chrissy, HubPages
"Nikki St. Crowe takes the familiar magic of Oz and drenches it in shadow, desire, and danger"
— Leanne, Goodreads
"And once again, Nikki St. Crowe creates such enjoyable characters"
— Rachel Tucker, Goodreads
"The Neverland that Nikki St. Crowe wrote is magical"
— Rach K., Romantasy Illustrated
"Nikki St. Crowe takes the familiar bones of Oz and twists them into something eerie, dangerous, and far more adult"
— Brea, Goodreads
"Nikki St. Crowe is the queen of amazing, surprising, jaw-dropping, plot twist, cliffhanger endings!!!"
— britt, Goodreads
"I absolutely loved Nikki St. Crowe's Vicious Lost Boys series"
— Ambur Hostyn, Burning x Impossibly x Bright
"Nikki St. Crowe has an absolutely wonderful writing style that is effortless to read"
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