Niki Smith

Niki Smith is an American author and cartoon artist.

Personal life

Although Smith was raised in Kansas, she currently lives in Germany.^[1]

Selected works

The Deep and Dark Blue (2020)

Main article: The Deep & Dark Blue

The Deep & Dark Blue is a middle-grade graphic novel published January 7, 2020 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Accolades for The Deep & Dark Blue

Year	Accolade	Result	Ref.
2020	Kirkus Reviews' Best Middle-Grade Books	Selection	[2]
2021	ALA Rainbow Book List	Top 10	[3]
	Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature	Shortlist	[4]
	YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens	Selection	[5]

Crossplay (2018)

Crossplay is an erotic graphic novel published May 11, 2018 by Iron Circus Comics. In 2019, the book was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award for Erotica.^[6]

Publications

Adult novels

• Crossplay (2018)

Children's novels

• The Deep & Dark Blue (2020)
• The Golden Hour (2021)

Short story collections

• Your Hair (2012)

Anthologies

• Yuri Monogatari: Volume 5 (2007)
• Best Erotic Comics 2009 (2009)
• Smut Peddler (2014)
• Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology (2015)
• Love in All Forms: The Big Book of Growing Up Queer (2015)
• Food Porn: A Recipe for Pure Delight (2016)
• Enough Space for Everyone Else (2017)
• Mine!: A Comics Collection to Benefit Planned Parenthood (2017)
• Oh Joy Sex Toy, Vol. 4 (2017)
• Score!: A Hot Line-up of Erotic Sports Comics (2018)
• Come Together: A European Anthology of Erotic Comics (2019)