Nina Simon writes crime fiction about strong women. She is the New York Times bestselling author of My Sister is Going to Kill Me (2026) and Mother-Daughter Murder Night (2023). This big-hearted whodunnit was a Reese’s Book Club pick, an Anthony Award winner, and a “best of 2023” selection for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CrimeReads, and LibraryJournal.
Before turning to fiction, Nina wore many hats: NASA engineer, slam poet, game designer, museum director, and nonprofit CEO. Her work on community participation in museums, libraries, parks, and theaters has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, NPR, and the TEDx stage. Nina was named an Ashoka fellow, a Silicon Valley 40 under 40, and Santa Cruz County Woman of the Year.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Nina now lives part-time in an off-the-grid redwood cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and part-time in Tucson, AZ. When not writing, she loves rock climbing, beach volleyball, backpacking, cooking, and all manner of outdoor adventuring in the mountains, water, and desert.

