Nikki May

Born in Bristol and raised in Lagos, Nikki May is Anglo-Nigerian. Her critically acclaimed debut novel WAHALA won the Comedy Women In Print New Voice Prize, was longlisted for the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award and the Diverse Books Award, and is being turned into a major BBC TV drama series. THIS MOTHERLESS LAND is her second novel. Nikki lives in Dorset with her husband, two standard Schnauzers and way too many books. She should be working on her third book but is probably reading. Twitter/X: @NikkiOMay Instagram: @NikkiMayWriter

Books by Nikki May

Wahala

Nikki May

Sensational debut novel from a bright new voice: a mixed race 'Sex and the City' with a killer edge: for fans of EXPECTATION, QUEENIE and MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER. Soon to be a major BBC TV adaptation.

This Motherless Land

Nikki May

From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a powerful decolonial re-imagining of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park

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