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name: Nina Simon
about: I write stories about strong women. My first novel, MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT, about an estranged family who come together to solve a murder mystery, is coming this September from William Morrow.I've been inhaling books all my life, but writing was always a side obsession for me. In college, I was an electrical engineering student by day and a slam poet by night. After a brief stint at NASA, I started designing interactive exhibits and eventually became a museum director. I wrote two books of nonfiction about creating participatory, relevant, joyful cultural institutions. But I always thought of nonprofits as my "real" job and writing on the side.Then, my mom got sick. I quit my job to help care for her, and I found myself turning to fic I write stories about strong women. My first novel, MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT, about an estranged family who come together to solve a murder mystery, is coming this September from William Morrow.I've been inhaling books all my life, but writing was always a side obsession for me. In college, I was an electrical engineering student by day and a slam poet by night. After a brief stint at NASA, I started designing interactive exhibits and eventually became a museum director. I wrote two books of nonfiction about creating participatory, relevant, joyful cultural institutions. But I always thought of nonprofits as my "real" job and writing on the side.Then, my mom got sick. I quit my job to help care for her, and I found myself turning to fiction--crime stories especially--as a way to escape and find some pleasure during a hard time. My mom and I both always loved mysteries, and I decided to try to write one myself, with a detective/hero based on my mother. Now, my mom is doing better, and I'm gratefully spending my days writing stories, reading obsessively, loving my mom, and putting books at the center of my work for the first time.I live off-the-grid in the Santa Cruz mountains with my family and friends. You can find out more about me at https://ninaksimon.com/I write a very occasional newsletter at https://ninaksimon.substack.com/ ...more