Occupation Writer Name Derek Nikitas Genre Crime | Period Contemporary Citizenship United States Role Author | |
Notable works Pyres, The Long Division Notable awards Edgar Award nomination, Pushcart Prize nomination. Education University of North Carolina at Wilmington Nominations Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author Books Pyres, Extra Life, The Long Division | ||
Focus on Scholarship: Derek Nikitas Interview (Part 2 of 2)
Derek Nikitas is the Edgar Award nominated author of Pyres and The Long Division. His short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Ontario Review, Chelsea and New South.
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Background
Nikitas received a B.A. in English from the State University of New York College at Brockport and an M.F.A. in fiction writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His first novel, Pyres, was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and his story Wonder was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Joyce Carol Oates. Nikitas' second novel, The Long Division, was published by Minotaur Books in October, 2009. Nikitas' work has been translated into several languages including Japanese and German. The German translation, Scheiterhaufen, was selected as 'Crime Novel of the Month' by Radio House Europe. Nikitas currently teaches English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island. Previously, he taught in, and directed, the low-residency M.F.A. in creative writing program at Eastern Kentucky University, Bluegrass Writers Studio.