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03/13/2025: WOMEN IN HORROR: Nicole Givens Kurtz

Writer: Candace NolaCandace Nola

Welcome to Women in Horror Month for 2025.


For all of March, come back here to see a daily spotlight post for incredible women in the horror industry. While these posts will mostly be dedicated to indie horror authors, you will also find some mainstream authors, artists, actresses and other creatives in the horror industry! Also, be sure to check the Facebook Books of Horror group all month long for more events!


 

Picture is for the Book Cover Kill Three Birds by Nicole Given Kurtz. Orange background with an African woman in regal dress of burgundy robes and a black and gold headscarf is displayed, behind and above her is a circular golden set of rings.
Picture is for the Book Cover Kill Three Birds by Nicole Given Kurtz. Orange background with an African woman in regal dress of burgundy robes and a black and gold headscarf is displayed, behind and above her is a circular golden set of rings.

NICOLE GIVENS KURTZ

Meet this incredible woman of horror!

Nicole Givens Kurtz has been called “a genre polymath who does crime, horror, and Science Fiction and Fantasy (Book Riot).” They’ve named her as one of the 6 Black SFF Indie Writers You Should be Reading, 30 Must-Read SFF Books by Black Authors, and The Best of the West: 8 Alternative History Westerns (Sisters of the Wild Sage). She’s a two-time Atomacon Palmetto Scribe Award winner.


With over 20 years in publishing, she’s written for Pseudopod, Apex, Fiyah, White Wolf, The Realm, Baen, Subsume, and MV Media. Nicole has over 50 published short stories, including her story, “The Way Home,” in Marvel®’s Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson anthology from Titan Books. Nicole is the author of the Cybil Lewis and Death Violations cybernoir series as well as the Kingdom of Aves fantasy mystery series.


She has conducted workshops for Writer’s Digest Online, Clarion West online, SAGA, and is the owner of Mocha Memoirs Press. She’s the editor for the groundbreaking SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire and co-editor of Blackened Roots: An Anthology of the Undead anthology. Nicole is professional level member of SFWA and HWA.


 

Learn more at the links below:

Nicole's Amazon Page:


Nicole's Website:


 

Picture is of a red lotus flower, with the words Spotlight on Women in Horror. March 2025.
Picture is of a red lotus flower, with the words Spotlight on Women in Horror. March 2025.

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