Nikita Lynnette Nichols is a Chicago native. Her debut novel, A Man's Worth, was released in 2008 and made it to the Black Expressions bestseller list. In August 2012 another of her titles, Lady Elect, was nominated for Best Christian Fiction Book of the Year by the African American Literary Awards. Nichols became an award-winning screenplay writer in June 2013 when Lady Elect was a finalist for the Beverly Hills International Film Festival, and in August 2013 when Lady Elect was placed among the finalists in the screenplay category for the Moondance Screenplay Competition.