Nicole Blades

About Nicole Blades

Nicole Blades is a novelist, speaker, and journalist who has been putting her stories on paper since the third grade. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, by Caribbean parents, Nicole moved to New York City and launched her journalism career working at Essence magazine. She later co-founded the online magazine SheNetworks, and worked as an editor at ESPN and Women’s Health. Nicole\'s articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health, Good Housekeeping, WashingtonPost.com, MarieClaire.com, SELF, Health, and BuzzFeed. Her latest book, HAVE YOU MET NORA, was released November 2017. Her previous novels, THE THUNDER BENEATH US and EARTH’S WATERS, are available wherever books are sold. Nicole has also been a panelist, presenter, and keynote speaker at conferences such as Massachusetts Conference for Women; The Muse & the Marketplace; Mom 2.0 Summit; Well-Read Black Girl Festival; Writer’s Digest Conference; the Women’s Fiction Writers Association Retreat, and the Surrey International Writers’ Conference. She is a mentor and an Ambassador for The Village for Families and Children in Hartford, CT. Nicole is also proud member of the Tall Poppy Writers, a professional group of women writers committed to supporting and promoting its members’ work and connecting authors with readers. Follow her on social media, and find out more on her website: NicoleBlades.com.

Experience

1. Novelist, have you Met Nora and the Thunder Beneath Us

   Kensington Publishing

   Jan 2015 — Present

Education

• York University

  Bachelor's degree

• York University

  BA (2)