Nicole Zelniker is the author of several books. They are represented by Daniele D. Hunter at McIntosh & Otis. Her most recent book, Until We Fall, was a finalist for the Forward Indie Book Awards. Their next book, From Where We Are, is forthcoming May 2024. Her first YA novel, All I Know So Far, publishes May 2025.

Nicole has published several short stories in literary magazines such as The Hungry Chimera, The Nassau Review, LEON Literary Review, and Assignment Magazine. They have been published in several anthologies, including Nothing Without Us, 101 Proof Horror, and Signs of Life. Her novelette, Ink & Skin, was published with Roi Fainéant Press in July 2023.

Her essays can be found in The Nasiona, Uncomfortable Revolution, Folks, The Writers College, The Spoonie Authors Network, and Read Her Like An Open Book. You can read excerpts from her first book, Mixed, on The Nasiona and The Scrib’s websites.

They have also had several pieces of poetry published in literary magazines such as The Greenleaf Review, Quail Bell Magazine, Aphelion, Sheila-Na-Gig, Gravitas, Thimble, The Tiger Moth Review, Juke Joint, Coffin Bell, and Fearsome Critters.

In addition to an author of prose and poetry, Nicole is also a journalist. Nicole graduated from the Columbia Journalism School in 2018 and has written for multiple publications, including USA Today, The Pulitzer Prizes, Capital & Main, New Voices, Yes! Weekly, and School Stories among others. In 2021, Nicole wrote for Triad City Beat, where they covered timely Q&As, abortion in the Triad, and COVID policies across North Carolina. That same year, Nicole wrote a series for The Dillydoun Review about various cities one year after George Floyd’s murder.

Nicole is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Knee Brace Press, a literary magazine dedicated to telling stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.