Nikki Baker

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'''Jennifer Dowdell''', writing under the pseudonym '''Nikki Baker''' (born 1962), is an [[United States|American]] [[mystery fiction|mystery novelist]]. Her character Virginia Kelly is the first African-American detective to appear in lesbian fiction.<ref name="auto"></ref>

==Biography==
Dowdell, who is herself African-American, received her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and took an [[MBA]] in economics and finance, and worked briefly as an engineer before turning to the financial services industry. Her mystery novels feature a young, black, lesbian [[financial analyst]] who lives and works in [[Chicago]].<ref name="Klein1994"></ref> She has also written two anthologized novellas. Baker's work has been published by such outlets as [[Naiad Press]], [[Bella Books]], and [[Third Side Press]].<ref name="Page2007"></ref>

Little biographical information about Dowdell is available, and she remains private about her life.<ref name="Page2007"/> Two of her novels, ''The Lavender House Murder'' and ''Long Goodbyes'', were finalists for the [[Lambda Literary Award]] for best lesbian mystery.<ref name="auto"/>

==Works==
(List from:<ref name="Page2007"/>)
===Novels===
*''In the Game'', 1991
*''The Lavender House Murder'', 1992
*''Long Goodbyes'', 1993
*''The Ultimate Exit Strategy: A Virginia Kelly Mystery'', 2001

===Novellas===
*"Film Noir", 1995
*"Negatives", 1996

==References==





[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American mystery writers]]
[[Category:Women mystery writers]]
[[Category:African-American novelists]]
[[Category:American women novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century American novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century American women writers]]
[[Category:Pseudonymous writers]]
[[Category:Pseudonymous women writers]]

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