We are delighted to have Nikesha Williams read at JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, November 16th. Buy her books at Chamblin’s Uptown Bookstore and have her sign them at the after-party. See you there!

Nikesha Elise Williams is an Emmy award winning news producer and author. She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and attended The Florida State University where she graduated with a B.S. in Communication: Mass Media Studies and Honors English Creative Writing. Nikesha’s debut novel, Four Women, was awarded the 2018 Florida Authors and Publishers Association President’s Award in the category of Adult Contemporary/Literary Fiction. Four Women, was also recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists  as an Outstanding Literary Work. Nikesha lives in Jacksonville, Florida, but you can always find her online at www.newwrites.com, Facebook.com/NikeshaElise or @Nikesha_Elise on Twitter and Instagram. 

Arash Kamier says he spends a lot of time high-fiving his family and pondering the death of his “rescue” chicken.

Somewhere in between hand-slaps and daydreams, there is a Masters in Public Policy and a job in Digital Communications. 

He writes semi-persistently as a craftsman might. But mostly as a dreamer might, on a wing and a prayer.

Hear this fresh new voice on Saturday, November 16th at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival.

Sohrab Homi Fracis’s novel, Go Home, was shortlisted for the 2018 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and brought him the South Asian Literary Association (SALA) Distinguished Achievement Award. It was an International Book Award Finalist. Fracis was the first Asian American to win the Iowa Short Fiction Award, for Ticket to Minto: Stories of India and America. He was an Artist in Residence at Yaddo and Visiting Writer in Residence at Augsburg College.

We are thrilled he’ll be reading at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, November 16th. Check it out here.