Nikki Dekker (1989) is a writer and radio producer. She has been published in various Dutch and international magazines , writes essays for Brainwash Festival in Amsterdam, and was selected for the 2016 Paris Residency for Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren. Her radio documentary Me and the Boy Next Door was nominated for the Prix Europa and her podcast series about social activism has received four stars in various Dutch and Belgian newspapers. She published the chapbook een voorwerp dat nog leeft (Wintertuin Uitgeverij), a collection of poems and essays , in 2018 and her debut novel, diepdiepblauw, a coming of age- novel mixed with essay-style prose, is published in May 2022.