Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy Award-winning producer, an award-winning author, and producer and host of the Black and Published podcast. A narrative strategist by day and journalist always, her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Essence and Vox. Nikesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and a DeGroot Foundation Writer of Note grantee. A Chicago native, she lives in Florida with her family.

Praise for The Seven Daughters of Dupree: ‘[A] novel of unflinching honesty and explosive secrets – the prose captures not only the heartbreak of oppression, but also the breathtaking moral beauty of resilience, honesty, and the soul's endurance’ Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of CITY OF GIRLS  ‘Oh, how I have been waiting for this novel . . . waiting for such a gathering of women, family, resilience, and love! What an astonishing gift from Nikesha Elise Williams, this writer who has come into her glorious own – and what generosity in sharing this gift with us all’ Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. Du Bois  ‘[A] remarkable, ambitious debut and an outstanding portrait of generations of women. As intimate as it is expansive, Nikesha Elise Williams's novel is tender, vividly written, and unforgettable’ Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of THE MIDDLESTEINS ‘Through Nikesha Elise Williams’ skillful telling, The Seven Daughters of Dupree grows as intricate as the braids that hold her characters’ deepest secrets and dreams. Powerful forces intermingle – legacy and loss, joy and pain, pride and shame . . . [this] epic, intergenerational story still linger[s] in my mind’ Dawnie Walton, author of THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV  'Told across several timelines from the late 1800s through to the twenty-first century, The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams is an expansive, immersive and deeply affecting novel. Williams’s prose shifts deftly between time periods weaving the lives of Emma, Jubi, Ruby, Gladys, Nadia and Tati into an epic drama and an intimate portrait of the relationship between mothers and their daughters. The Seven Daughters of Dupree is an unsentimental exploration of African American family life and a celebration of female resilience and love. An extraordinary debut from a very talented writer' LISA SMITH, Jamaica Road 'These women’s stories are tender, fierce, and unforgettable. I was moved by the way the novel honours resilience and the quiet strength that runs through generations of women'  JACQUELINE CROOKS, Fire Rush

Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy Award-winning producer, an award-winning author, and producer and host of the Black and Published podcast. A narrative strategist by day and journalist always, her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Essence and Vox. Nikesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and a DeGroot Foundation Writer of Note grantee. A Chicago native, she lives in Florida with her family.

Praise for The Seven Daughters of Dupree: ‘[A] novel of unflinching honesty and explosive secrets – the prose captures not only the heartbreak of oppression, but also the breathtaking moral beauty of resilience, honesty, and the soul's endurance’ Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of CITY OF GIRLS  ‘Oh, how I have been waiting for this novel . . . waiting for such a gathering of women, family, resilience, and love! What an astonishing gift from Nikesha Elise Williams, this writer who has come into her glorious own – and what generosity in sharing this gift with us all’ Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. Du Bois  ‘[A] remarkable, ambitious debut and an outstanding portrait of generations of women. As intimate as it is expansive, Nikesha Elise Williams's novel is tender, vividly written, and unforgettable’ Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of THE MIDDLESTEINS ‘Through Nikesha Elise Williams’ skillful telling, The Seven Daughters of Dupree grows as intricate as the braids that hold her characters’ deepest secrets and dreams. Powerful forces intermingle – legacy and loss, joy and pain, pride and shame . . . [this] epic, intergenerational story still linger[s] in my mind’ Dawnie Walton, author of THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV  'Told across several timelines from the late 1800s through to the twenty-first century, The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams is an expansive, immersive and deeply affecting novel. Williams’s prose shifts deftly between time periods weaving the lives of Emma, Jubi, Ruby, Gladys, Nadia and Tati into an epic drama and an intimate portrait of the relationship between mothers and their daughters. The Seven Daughters of Dupree is an unsentimental exploration of African American family life and a celebration of female resilience and love. An extraordinary debut from a very talented writer' LISA SMITH, Jamaica Road 'These women’s stories are tender, fierce, and unforgettable. I was moved by the way the novel honours resilience and the quiet strength that runs through generations of women'  JACQUELINE CROOKS, Fire Rush

Nikesha Elise Williams is a two-time Emmy Award-winning producer, an award-winning author, and producer and host of the Black and Published podcast. A narrative strategist by day and journalist always, her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Essence and Vox. Nikesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and a DeGroot Foundation Writer of Note grantee. A Chicago native, she lives in Florida with her family.

Praise for The Seven Daughters of Dupree: ‘[A] novel of unflinching honesty and explosive secrets – the prose captures not only the heartbreak of oppression, but also the breathtaking moral beauty of resilience, honesty, and the soul's endurance’ Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of CITY OF GIRLS  ‘Oh, how I have been waiting for this novel . . . waiting for such a gathering of women, family, resilience, and love! What an astonishing gift from Nikesha Elise Williams, this writer who has come into her glorious own – and what generosity in sharing this gift with us all’ Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. Du Bois  ‘[A] remarkable, ambitious debut and an outstanding portrait of generations of women. As intimate as it is expansive, Nikesha Elise Williams's novel is tender, vividly written, and unforgettable’ Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of THE MIDDLESTEINS ‘Through Nikesha Elise Williams’ skillful telling, The Seven Daughters of Dupree grows as intricate as the braids that hold her characters’ deepest secrets and dreams. Powerful forces intermingle – legacy and loss, joy and pain, pride and shame . . . [this] epic, intergenerational story still linger[s] in my mind’ Dawnie Walton, author of THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV  'Told across several timelines from the late 1800s through to the twenty-first century, The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams is an expansive, immersive and deeply affecting novel. Williams’s prose shifts deftly between time periods weaving the lives of Emma, Jubi, Ruby, Gladys, Nadia and Tati into an epic drama and an intimate portrait of the relationship between mothers and their daughters. The Seven Daughters of Dupree is an unsentimental exploration of African American family life and a celebration of female resilience and love. An extraordinary debut from a very talented writer' LISA SMITH, Jamaica Road 'These women’s stories are tender, fierce, and unforgettable. I was moved by the way the novel honours resilience and the quiet strength that runs through generations of women'  JACQUELINE CROOKS, Fire Rush