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{{short description|Indian writer (born 1991)}}
{{for|the fictional character|Best of Luck Nikki}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nikita Singh
| image = Nikita Singh Bihar writer 2016 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Nikita Singh Bihar (2016)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
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| other_names =
| known_for = Author of ''Every Time It Rains'', ''Someone Like You'', ''Like a Love Song''
| education = Master of Fine Arts – Creative Writing
[[Bachelor of Pharmacy]]
| occupation = Writer
| years_active = 2011 – present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Nick Sheridan|2022}}<ref name="bride"/>
| website = {{URL|https://nikitasbooks.com/}}
}}

'''Nikita Singh''' (born 6 October 1991) is an Indian writer.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Aastha Atray Banan|title=Nikita Singh has written eight bestsellers in four years. What's her secret?|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/nikita-singh-has-written-eight-bestsellers-in-four-years-what-s-her-secret/story-ctVKudhvrLaGG21KrEKAuJ.html|access-date=10 January 2016|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=1 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Udhav Naig|title=Nikita Singh: the goddess of racy reads|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/nikita-singh-the-goddess-of-racy-reads/article5996243.ece|access-date=10 January 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/775222/why-romance-writer-nikita-singh-changes-publishers|title=Why romance writer Nikita Singh changes publishers}}</ref> She has written twelve books including ''The Reason is You'', ''Every Time It Rains'', ''Like a Love Song'', ''The Promise'' and ''After All This Time''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140510/lifestyle-booksart/article/book-launch-nikita-singhs-right-here-right-now|title=Book Launch: Nikita Singh's 'Right Here Right Now'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youth24x7.com/reviews/item/338-book-review-if-its-not-forever-its-not-love-by-durjoy-datta-and-nikita-singh|title=Book Review: If It's Not Forever It's Not Love By Durjoy Datta and Nikita Singh|publisher=Youth24x7.com|access-date=2013-11-19|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107063030/http://www.youth24x7.com/reviews/item/338-book-review-if-its-not-forever-its-not-love-by-durjoy-datta-and-nikita-singh|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Babita Basu|title=In the words of a writer-entrepreneur|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-enchanted-word/glimpses-of-himalayan-lit-hive-festival-2014/|access-date=10 January 2016|work=[[Times of India]]|date=8 March 2014}}</ref> She has also edited and contributed to an anthology of stories titled ''25 Strokes of Kindness''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=25 Strokes of Kindness|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/68579772-25-strokes-of-kindness|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> Her 2016 novel, ''Like a Love Song'', debuted at No. 2 at [[Hindustan Times]] Bestseller list. In the following year, ''Every Time It Rains'', debuted on No. 7 on the same list.

==Early life and career==
Nikita Singh was born in [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]], where she spent the first four years of her life. She then relocated to [[Indore]], where she went to a primary school. She completed her schooling at Bridgeford School, Ranchi, in 2008. She graduated in pharmacy at the [[Acropolis Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research]] in Indore in 2012. She then moved to New York for a Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing from [[The New School]], [[New York City]], from where she graduated in 2016. In 2022 she married an American husband and is currently residing in [[Brooklyn]], New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160423/jsp/t2/story_81607.jsp#.Vxu0HdR97IW|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426130157/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160423/jsp/t2/story_81607.jsp#.Vxu0HdR97IW|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2016|title=Meet Ranveer Singh's wife! Can you guess who's romance writer Nikita Singh's 'hubby'? Ranveer Singh! }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Student Achievement|url=http://aiper.ac.in/student-achievement|access-date=10 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512103450/http://aiper.ac.in/student-achievement|archive-date=12 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nikita Singh - Profile|url=http://www.indiaspeakersbureau.in/NikitaSingh-profile.html|access-date=10 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144146/http://www.indiaspeakersbureau.in/NikitaSingh-profile.html|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She signed a contract with [[Penguin Books India]] in 2011 and also joined Grapevine India as an editor. She wrote her first book ''Love @ Facebook'' when 19 years old and was studying pharmacy.<ref>[http://www.youthconnectmag.com/2013/09/22/interview-nikita-singh/ An Interview With Nikita Singh] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425232911/http://www.youthconnectmag.com/2013/09/22/interview-nikita-singh/ |date=25 April 2014 }}</ref> ''Love @ Facebook'' is a young adult book about a nineteen-year-old girl, who falls in love with a VJ, after befriending him on Facebook. Under the pseudonym Sidharth Oberoi, she has also contributed to the books in ''The Backbenchers'' series, by editing the first book and writing the second book of the series, ''The Backbenchers: The Missed Call'', which was released in June 2012.{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}}

[[HuffPost India|''Huffpost'']] called Singh "India's Leading Romance Writer" in an expansive profile done on the writer in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/02/15/this-25-year-old-is-now-indias-leading-romance-writer-and-she-h_a_21714384/|title=This 25-Year-Old Woman Is Now India's Leading Romance Writer And She Has No Time For Snobs|date=2017-02-15|website=HuffPost India|language=en|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> ''[[The Hindu]]'' called her "the Goddess of Racy Reads" in an article.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/nikita-singh-the-goddess-of-racy-reads/article5996243.ece|title=Nikita Singh: the goddess of racy reads|last=Naig|first=Udhav|date=2014-05-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-05-16|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Singh received a ''[[Live India]] Young Achievers Award'' in 2013 and was nominated for a First International Young Author Award, held in April 2018 in UAE.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Gautam Sunder|title=Book Launch: Nikita Singh's 'Right Here Right Now'|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140510/lifestyle-booksart/article/book-launch-nikita-singhs-right-here-right-now|access-date=10 January 2016|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=10 May 2014}}</ref>

In September 2011, the sequel to Singh’s ''Love @ Facebook'', ''Accidentally In Love..With Him? Again?'' was published. The novel is aimed at an older audience than ''Love @ Facebook''. In February 2012, ''[[If It's Not Forever|If It's Not Forever...It's Not Love]]'', was published. The book is about a real-life incident, the [[2011 Delhi bombing|2011 Delhi High Court blast]], which occurred on 7 September 2011. The protagonist of the book was there when the blast happened. He stumbles upon a half-burnt diary, which had a love story written in it and decides to chase it. Nikita also edited an anthology, ''25 Strokes of Kindness''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abplive.in/television/this-beyhadh-actress-daughter-is-drop-dead-gorgeous-and-sexy-497729#image11|title=Orvana has also co-edited another famous book by Nikita Singh called '25 Strokes Of Kindness'! (Image Courtesy - Instagram)
}}</ref>

Singh has also spoken on various [[TEDx]] conferences in colleges and top business schools across India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tedxibabangalore.com/index-3.html|title=Speakers|publisher=|access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/people-shame-you-when-you-are-ugly-and-also-when-you-are-not-author-nikita-singh-talks-about-stereotypes/story-0mBu1Hv0iICBkApdrNNz6M.html|title=People shame you when you are ugly, and also when you are not: Nikita Singh|date=13 November 2016|newspaper=Hindustan Times|first=Suveen|last=Sinha|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> She also worked as an editor in Grapevine India.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Shalini Shah|title=Two to tell a tale|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/two-to-tell-a-tale/article4435336.ece|access-date=10 January 2016|work=The Hindu|date=20 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Sreyoshi Dey|title=Books: Love, Sex And Marriage|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120301/jsp/entertainment/story_15196286.jsp#.U5w37pRw8t4|access-date=10 January 2016|date=1 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109201432/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120301/jsp/entertainment/story_15196286.jsp#.U5w37pRw8t4|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her book, ''Like a Love Song'', was released in March 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kolkata: Nikita Singh launches 'Like a Love Song' at Starmark - newkerala.com #43965|url=http://www.newkerala.com/news/2016/fullnews-43965.html|access-date=1 May 2016|work=www.newkerala.com|date=2 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Young writer's book released - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Young-writers-book-released/articleshow/51577944.cms|access-date=1 May 2016|work=The Times of India|date=28 March 2016}}</ref> This was followed by ''Every Time It Rains'', which was released in February 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/writeindia/season-2/writeindiaauthor/57084730.cms?notifyme=true|title=Nikita Singh Upcoming author TOI|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>[http://www.vowelor.com/book/every-time-it-rains-nikita-singh-book-review/ "Every Time It Rains"] by Nikita Singh, ''Harlequin Books''</ref> In February 2018, her book, ''Letters To My Ex'', was released and sold widely across the Indian subcontinent. Her most recent novel, ''The Reason Is You'', was released in February 2019.{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}}

==Personal life==
Nikita has an elder brother, Nishant. In 2022, Nikita married Nick Sheridan,<ref name="bride">{{cite web|url=https://www.bridestoday.in/beauty-grooming/story/eloped-in-new-yorkthe-mushy-love-story-of-author-nikita-singh-and-tech-wiz-nick-sheridan-576561-2023-02-06|title=Eloped in New York—The mushy love story of author Nikita Singh and tech wiz Nick Sheridan}}</ref> who is Senior Technical Program Manager at [[Sonos]] in New York.

==Bibliography==
* ''Love @ Facebook'' (2011)
* ''Accidentally in Love'' (2011)
* ''The Backbenchers: The Missed Call'' (part of The Backbenchers series, 2012), under the pseudonym Sidharth Oberoi
* ''[[If It's Not Forever|If It's Not Forever… It's Not Love]]'' (2012)
* ''The Promise'' (2012)
* ''25 Strokes of Kindness'' (2013)
* ''Someone Like You'' (2013)
* ''The Unreasonable Fellows'' (2013)
* ''Right Here Right Now'' (2014)
* ''The Turning Point: Best of Young Indian Writers'' (2014)
* ''After All This Time'' (2015)
* ''Like A Love Song'' (2016)
* ''Every Time It Rains'' (2017)
* ''Letters To My Ex'' (2018)
* ''The Reason is You'' (2019)
* ''What Do You See When You Look In The Mirror?'' (2021)

==See also==
* [[List of Indian writers]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://nikitasbooks.com/}}
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