About the author

We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories, the better we will want to live them. –Henri J.M. Nouwen

 

 

Nikki

:: lives in a symmetrical riverside house with her husband Dan and their child-giantess Abigail;

:: was born and adopted in the Emerald City;

:: grew up in a peaceful southern Oregon hamlet nestled between three mountain ranges;

:: was recently reunited with her long-lost sisters;

:: graduated from Johns Hopkins University (go Jays!) lo these many years ago;

:: has spent several years working in the nonprofit sector;

:: writes memoir, creative nonfiction, and terrible, unfinished novels;

:: wants to write a book about adoption;

:: buys books she has no time to read;

:: likes things that remind her of her childhood;

:: fantasizes about moving back to Cascadia before it secedes from the rest of the Union;

:: will never clean up her language as long as she keeps watching college basketball;

:: misses dancing; loves theatre and opera; lights candles; prays for peace;

:: is on a quest to find the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe;

:: desperately needs a vacation;

:: is really, truly, only a tiny bit militant;

:: can be reached at nikki @ jhu.edu.

 

 

elsewhere:
Irene’s Daughters: women exploring race relations, systemic racism, and prejudice