Nikki Payne

By day, Nikki Payne has a PhD in cultural anthropology from Rice University. By day, she’s a curious tech anthropologist, by night, she dreams of ways to subvert Canon literature. Inspired by Jane Austen, her fresh romances turn expectations on their head and deliver sharp social commentary for the hopeless romantic. Featured in People Magazine, BuzzFeed books, Oprah daily, and Elle magazine, her debut novel Pride and Protest was a Phenomenal Book Club pick and has been hailed as “incandescent” by The Washington Post.