Ni ni simone biography
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Nina Simone
American singer-songwriter (1933–2003)
Musical artist
Nina Simone (NEE-nə sim-OHN;[1] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly influenced by baroque and classical music, especially Johann Sebastian Bach,[2][3] and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.[4][5]
The sixth of eight children born into a poor family in North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist.[6] With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.[7][8] She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where, despite a well received
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She has been in love with writing since she was a child.
Her affair with words resonates with teens and adult readers.
The stories she fryst vatten privileged to tell are mixed with little humor and life lessons.
Her work with teens as a social worker was also a catalyst in jumpstarting her career for writing for teens. She wrote her first teen novel, ‘Shorty Like Mine,’ in two weeks. She loved the story and ten books later is now hooked on writing for teens. One of Whitaker’s strengths as a writer is her ability to observe the challenges teens are faced with today and incorporate it into her stories. Her new series, the ‘Throwback Diaries,’ accurately describes what happens in the lives of second generation adults affected by the crack epidemic within the African-American community. As Whitaker describes, this series will take the reader on a journey with teenagers who have nothing, no stable homelife, p
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Ni-Ni Simone
Biography of Ni-Ni Simone
Ni-Ni Simone is a Jersey girl with an obsession for reality TV and celebrity gossip. She never intended to write teen fiction, but her editor and the literary gods had other plans. She whipped up her first novel, Shortie Like Mine, in two weeks, and has been in love with writing ever since.
Shortie was the first of Ni-Ni’s books to be selected by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, and it’s also a Virginia Readers’ Choice Selection. When she’s not writing, Ni-Ni is soaking up inspiration from music, TV, and most of all, the teens out there hanging tough no matter what comes their way. Ni-Ni lives in North Jersey with her husband and their children.
Learn more at Ni-Ni Simone’s official website.