Lisa de Nikolits
193 Wheeler Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4L 3V5 • email: lisa@lisadenikolits.com
• website: lisadenikolitswriter.com
Objective
 To obtain a position at the IFOA as a reader for 2015, featuring Between The Cracks She Fell
(Inanna Publications Fall 2015).
Published Novels (most recent first):
 The Witchdoctor’s Bones, Inanna Publications, 2014
 A Glittering Chaos, Inanna Publications, 2013
 West of Wawa, Inanna Publications, 2012
 The Hungry Mirror, Inanna Publications, 2010
Writing Awards
 The Hungry Mirror, winner IPPY Gold Medal, Women’s Issues, Fiction, 2011.
 The Hungry Mirror, longlisted for a ReLit award, 2011.
 West of Wawa, winner IPPY Silver Medal, Popular Fiction, 2012.
 A Glittering Chaos, co-winner IPPY Silver Medal, Popular Fiction, 2014
 Bronze Medal, Anthology, Songs on The Wind, Poetry Institute of Canada, 2003
Other Published Works
 Flash Fiction Online, The Love Triangle, Maudlinhouse.net (2014)
 Canadian Women Studies, Women Writing4 Remembering: Inanna, Winter 2012/Spring 2013,
poem.
 Short Story Online, Henry and Hannah, Maudlinhouse.net (2014)
 Bronze Medal Winner Poetry, Anthology, Songs On The Wind, Poetry Institute of Canada,
2003
 Stories From Our Black Book, Anthology, 2005
 Simply The Best, British Anthology, Short Story, 1990
Future Work 2015
 Between The Cracks She Fell (Inanna) Fall 2015
 Short story, Eve Ago, Anthology, Postscripts To Darkness, Ottawa, 2015
 Short story, Troubled Times, Anthology, Mesdames of Mayhem, 2015
Writing Memberships
 Crime Writers of Canada – joined 2012
 Mesdames of Mayhem – joined 2013
 International Thriller Writers Inc. – joined 2014
 Sisters in Crime – joined 2012
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Honors
 Served as a judge for the Hamilton Literary Awards 2014, Fiction.
 Key Note Panel Speaker at Bouchercon International World Mystery Convention, Long Beach,
CA, 2014.
 Key Note Panel Speaker at Bloody Words Murder Mystery Conference, Toronto, 2014.
 Key Note Speaker at Writers Foundation of Strathcona County, Edmonton, 2014
 Key Note Speaker at Writers Foundation of Strathcona County, Edmonton, 2013
 Key Note Speaker at Sisters in Crime, Toronto Chapter, 2013
 Key Note Speaker at Writers Foundation of Strathcona County, Edmonton, 2011
 Guest Blogger on AllLitUp, 2014
 Guest Blogger on Open Book Toronto, 2014
 West of Wawa was one of four Editor’s Choice in Chatelaine magazine, August 2011 and
featured on the Chatelaine Online Bookclub
 Featured Guest on She Does The City, The Hungry Mirror, June 2010
 Guest Speaker at George Brown College, 2011
Readings
 Gatsby Books, Long Beach, CA, 2014
 Niagara Literary Festival, 2012, 2013, 2014
 Night Out With Authors, Tranzac Club, 2014
 Raw Sugar Café, Ottawa, 2014
 Indigo, Bloor Street, with the Crime Writers of Canada, 2014
 Audreys Books, Edmonton, 2014
 Plasticine Reading Series, 2012, 2013
 Makin’ a Racket at the Red Rocket, 2013, 2014
 ChiZine Reading Series, 2014
 The Toronto Public Library (Annette Street Branch), 2012, 2013 and reading at OLA, Ontario
Library Association, with the Crime Writers of Canada, 2014
 Reading at Toronto Women’s Bookstore 2011
Reviews
 The Hungry Mirror reviewed by The Quill & Quire, Canadian Living magazine, The
Huffington Post, The Anglican Journal, Canadian Literature, A Quarterly of Criticism and
Review, Shameless magazine
 West of Wawa reviewed by Chatelaine magazine, The Walleye, The Temiskaming Shores
Public Library Blog, Canadian Living Online,
 A Glittering Chaos reviewed by Broken Pencil
 The Witchdoctor’s Bones reviewed by Canadian Living magazine
Education
 Bachelor of Arts, English and Philosophy, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Author’s Platform/Social Media Presence
 Facebook
 Goodreads
 Twitter
 YouTube
 LinkedIn
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