Lisa de Nikolits

Lisa de Nikolits is a Canadian writer and art director who is originally from South Africa but moved to Canada in 2000. Her fiction novels and short stories have earned writing awards several times, and been favourably called out in Canadian literature sources, newspapers, and magazines. She is a member of Crime Writers of Canada, the International Thriller Writers, and Sisters in Crime.

Background
De Nikolits was born in South Africa. She grew up on a smallholding in Gauteng. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English literature and Philosophy from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. In 2000, de Nikolits moved to Canada where she became a Canadian citizen in 2003. She has worked as an art director in the United States, Australia and Britain for Marie Claire, Vogue Australia, and Vogue Living. She has worked on Hello! Canada, Canadian Health & Lifestyle, Canadian Living, Cosmetics and other Canadian magazine titles.

Writing
De Nikolits is the author of eleven novels and the recipient of several awards and honours. Her title The Occult Persuasion and The Anarchist's Solution was longlisted for The Sunburst Awards 2020. The stories of de Nikolits and three other members of the writer's group Mesdames of Mayhem were presented in CBC Documentary in October 2019, The Mesdames of Mayhem, a CBC GEM documentary. Her books were chosen as a Chatelaine Editor's Pick, Canadian Living Magazine Must Read, and a feature reader.

Published books

 * Everything You Dream is Real, ISBN 978-1-77133-930-8, Inanna, 336 pages, 2022
 * The Rage Room, ISBN 978-1-77133-777-9, Inanna, 312 pages, 2020
 * The Occult Persuasion and The Anarchist's Solution, ISBN 978-1-77133-649-9, Inanna, 300 pages, 2019
 * Una furia dell'altro mondo, ISBN 9788894979183, Edizioni le Assassine, 398 pages, 2019
 * Rotten Peaches, ISBN 978-1-77133-529-4, Inanna, 300 pages, 2018
 * No Fury Like That, ISBN 978-1-77133-413-6, Inanna, 3''20 pages, 2017
 * The Nearly Girl, ISBN 978-1-7713-3313-9, Inanna, 312 pages, 2016
 * Between The Cracks She Fell, ISBN 978-1-7713-3225-5, Inanna, 300 pages, 2015
 * The Witchdoctor's Bones, ISBN 978-1-7713-3126-5, Inanna, 388 pages, 2014
 * A Glittering Chaos, ISBN 978-1-9267-0892-8, Inanna, 344 pages, 2013
 * West of Wawa, ISBN 978-1-9267-0824-9, Inanna, 312 pages, 2011
 * The Hungry Mirror, ISBN 978-1-9267-0800-3, Inanna, 354 pages, 2010

Writing awards

 * The Hungry Mirror, longlisted for a ReLit award, 2011
 * The Occult Persuasion and the Anarchist's Solution, longlisted for a Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, 2020
 * The Rage Room, finalist International Book Awards (IBA), Science Fiction, 2021

Other published works

 * Flash Fiction Online, The Love Triangle, Maudlinhouse.net, 2014
 * Canadian Woman Studies Journal, Women Writing4: Remembering: Inanna, Winter 2012/Spring 2013, poem.
 * Short Story Online, Henry and Hannah, Maudlinhouse.net, 2014

Other honors

 * Served as a judge for the Hamilton Literary Awards 2014, Fiction.
 * Guest Blogger on Open Book: Toronto, 2013
 * Featured Guest on SheDoesTheCity, June 2010