Pittsburgh is home to an incredible range of authors, publishing professionals, literary event organizers and opinion leaders.
Our city nurtures well-known and emerging literary talent and is the inspiration for many works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In addition to the authors you may recognize, Littsburgh’s evolving literary roster features some of the passionate people who work behind the scenes to find local and national audiences for this work, and who help make Pittsburgh a haven for writers and readers.
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Biography
Arts Marketer. Yoga Instructor. Circus Student. Acro instructor. Goat Herder. Country Music lover. Writer.
Nicole holds a M.S. in Arts Administration from Drexel University and a B.A. in Theater from Robert E. Cook Honors College at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. While she spends most of her writing time issuing press releases and email content, her work has been published in Breaking Character Magazine and she recently published her first book, “Yes, This is About You.”
Nicole loves being outdoors, writing, exploring, crying at concerts, loving people fiercely, being constantly amazed when things grow in the garden, finding new flavors of RedBull only to watch them be pulled from production, paddleboarding in the sunshine, dancing in the kitchen, sitting with her feel feels, sending her friends novel texts to make sure they know she loves them, making her niece laugh, hugs, and petting cute animals.
Nicole is from Punxsutawney, PA (home of the groundhog) and currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
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