Volta - Paperback

by Nikki Dudley (Author)

When Briony Campbell confesses to killing her boyfriend, an apparently straightforward crime soon turns into a baffling mystery.

Haunted by demons from his past, lawyer S.J. Robin is assigned to the case. But as confusion - and the body count - rises, he's forced to question who is guilty and who is innocent.

Can he see justice served and hold on to the woman he loves?

Nikki Dudley studied for her BA and MA at Roehampton, University of Surrey. Published work includes: the thriller, Ellipsis, (2010); Her chapbook, exits/origins (2010);poetry collection Hope, Alt, Delete, (2017).

One of Nikki's poems was also featured in The Blackpool Illuminations (2016); poetry collection (2020).

Awards: ​-Novel, Volta, winner of the Virginia Prize 2020. -Shortlisted in the London Writers' Competition in 2003 for poetry. -Won the Promis Prize for poetry in the London Writers' Competition 2005. -Novel, Ellipsis, shortlisted for the Ideastap Inspires programme in 2014. Nikki is Managing Editor of streetcake magazine, which she started with Trini Decombe in 2008. streetcake publishes an online issue every 2-3 months and in 2019, launched the streetcake experimental writing prize for 18-30 year olds, supported by the Arts Council England.

She also runs writing workshops. She grew up in inner city London and attended state school in Camden. Nikki has been in love with words since she wrote short stories in her scrapbook at primary school and discovered what a metaphor was.

Author Biography

Nikki is a poet and novelist who grew up in North London,
attended a state school, and completed a BA and MA at
University of Roehampton.
She runs an online magazine (streetcake), as well as a
writing prize. During the pandemic lockdown, she started
MumWrite, a writing programme for mums. Nikki managed
to complete her novel, Volta, whilst also raising her two young
sons and was delighted when the novel won the Virginia Prize
for Fiction. She is currently working on a new contemporary
thriller, a new poetry collection about dementia and some
creative non-fiction.
Previously published work includes: a novel, Ellipsis, as well
as a poetry chapbook exits/origins and a poetry collection Hope
Alt Delete, with another collection published in 2021.