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The princess of Hip-Hop Fiction is an around the way girl. She hails from Richmond Virginia, and this VA girl has come up in a serious way. With her first book, A Hustler's Wife, she established herself in the burgeoning street lit market. And now with her subsequent novels, signing to a major publisher, and getting her own imprint - Nikki Turner Presents on Random House - she has proven herself a bona-fide star. Even 50 Cents has come calling, signing her to write the book that launched the G-Unit book line. On top of that, A Hustler's Wife is scheduled to hit the big screen in 2007. So Nikki certainly has it going on. But let her tell it in her words.

Seth Ferranti - You're an east coast girl right?
Nikki Turner - I'm a native of Richmond Virginia but I've traveled the world, been a lot of places and seen a lot of things. I feel like I represent every woman - the single mother, the sister, the cousin, the wife, the ambitious, the heart broken and the confused...>>

The ebonyfly.com Reader's Choice Award has named Chasing Destiny, by Eric Jerome Dickey, book of the year. The award follows months of voting by readers where over 20,000 votes were cast.

Presented annually, the ebonyfly.com Reader's Choice Awards are the only award of its kind celebrating the outstanding achievements of books written by and about African-Americans. The Reader's Choice Awards (RCA) is a tribute to the best of African-American literature by those who matter most, the readers. Over a one month period, readers from across America and the world will select their choice for each RCA category. Once voting is complete, the winners will be announced.