Hello, I’m Crystal Nikish.

And I write characters that use their brains and their hearts—and lots of other body parts, too, let’s be honest.

I’m a marketing strategist by day and a writer of kissing books by late, late night. I hold an English bachelor’s and an MBA with a concentration in Data & Analytics and am part of the 2023 WriteHive Mentorship Program as a mentee. My manuscript, The Boyfriend Variables, won second place in the Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Awards, in the Pre-published Contemporary Romance category. When I’m not writing, I enjoy perusing the Washington, DC restaurant scene, canning my own homemade strawberry jam, and trying to convince anyone that will listen that pop punk is not, in fact, dead.