Derek Nikitas

Derek Nikitas
Born Manchester, NH, USA
Occupation Writer
Citizenship  United States
Education State University of New York College at Brockport (BA),
University of North Carolina at Wilmington (MFA)
Period Contemporary
Genre Crime
Notable works Pyres, The Long Division
Notable awards Edgar Award nomination, Pushcart Prize nomination.
Website
www.dereknikitas.com

Derek Nikitas is the Edgar Award nominated author of Pyres and The Long Division. His short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Ontario Review, Chelsea and New South.

Background

Nikitas received a B.A. in English from the State University of New York College at Brockport and an M.F.A. in fiction writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His first novel, Pyres, was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and his story Wonder was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Joyce Carol Oates. Nikitas' second novel, The Long Division, was published by Minotaur Books in October, 2009. Nikitas' work has been translated into several languages including Japanese and German. The German translation, Scheiterhaufen, was selected as 'Crime Novel of the Month' by Radio House Europe. Nikitas currently teaches English and Creative Writing in the M.F.A. program at Eastern Kentucky University.

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