Niki Smith Explained

Niki Smith is an American author and cartoon artist.

Personal life

Although Smith was raised in Kansas, she currently lives in Germany.^[1]

Selected works

The Deep and Dark Blue (2020)

The Deep & Dark Blue is a middle-grade graphic novel published January 7, 2020 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Accolades for The Deep & Dark Blue!Year!Accolade!Result!Ref.

2020	Kirkus Reviews' Best Middle-Grade Books	Selection	^[2]
2021	ALA Rainbow Book List	Top 10	^[3]
	Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature	Shortlist	^[4]
	YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens	Selection	^[5]

Crossplay (2018)

Crossplay is an erotic graphic novel published May 11, 2018 by Iron Circus Comics. In 2019, the book was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award for Erotica.^[6]

Publications

Adult novels

• Crossplay (2018)

Children's novels

• The Deep & Dark Blue (2020)
• The Golden Hour (2021)

Short story collections

• Your Hair (2012)

Anthologies

• Yuri Monogatari: Volume 5 (2007)
• Best Erotic Comics 2009 (2009)
• Smut Peddler (2014)
• Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology (2015)
• Love in All Forms: The Big Book of Growing Up Queer (2015)
• Food Porn: A Recipe for Pure Delight (2016)
• Enough Space for Everyone Else (2017)
• Mine!: A Comics Collection to Benefit Planned Parenthood (2017)
• Oh Joy Sex Toy, Vol. 4 (2017)
• Score!: A Hot Line-up of Erotic Sports Comics (2018)
• Come Together: A European Anthology of Erotic Comics (2019)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About. 2022-01-01. Niki Smith. en-US.
2. Web site: Best of 2020 . 2022-01-01 . Kirkus Reviews . en.
3. Web site: The 2021 Rainbow Book List . 2022-01-01 . Rainbow Book List . en-US.
4. News: 15 March 2021 . The US-Based Lambda Literary Awards Program Names Its 2021 Finalists . September 20, 2021 . Publishing Perspectives.
5. Web site: 2021-01-05 . 2021 Great Graphic Novels for Teens . 2022-01-01 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
6. Web site: 2019-03-07. 31st Annual Lammy Finalists. 2022-01-01. Lambda Literary. en.