Founder & Publisher at Maroon House Press·2025 – now

Publish Caribbean stories without waiting on big publishers

I named it for the Maroons, escaped Africans who built free settlements in Jamaica. They didn't petition. They took it.

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CEO / Founder at Nikki Woods Media·2011 – now

Teach experts to turn press into paying clients

Guests were thrilled to be on Tom Joyner or CNN with no plan for what came next. I teach the follow-through.

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Parenthood

Raised my boys in Dallas, far from our Chicago village

I had to build our own village in Dallas. By my son's college graduation, I had grown and unlearned alongside him.

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Books

Write my Jamaica novels under my birth name, Lorna Phillips

Swift River returns to the Portland Parish village floods emptied, where my great-grandmother was born in 1881.

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Executive Producer / Senior Producer at Tom Joyner Morning Show (Reach Media)·2008 – 2019

Earned Tom Joyner's 'hardest working producer' title

I rose to executive producer. I Googled every guest, because our listeners were ten times more skeptical than me.

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Morning Show Co-Host / Producer at WGCI (Clear Channel Radio)·1998 – 2008

Sent air checks for a year, then just showed up

On my way to a job in Jacksonville, I walked in, got hired almost on the spot, and stayed 10 years.

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Easier Said Than Done

Wrote a bestselling novel my mom proofread backwards

Easier Said Than Done went through four or five edits, and my editor still caught every adverb I overused.

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Education at Howard University

Taught in Jamaica, then went back to school for journalism

I studied education at Howard and taught in Missouri and Jamaica before deciding it wasn't my work.

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Nikki Woods

Nikki Woods⁠

About

I'm founder and publisher of Maroon House Press.

Experiences

  1. Founder & Publisher at Maroon House PressPublish Caribbean stories without waiting on big publishers

    I named it for the Maroons, escaped Africans who built free settlements in Jamaica. They didn't petition. They took it.

  2. CEO / Founder at Nikki Woods MediaTeach experts to turn press into paying clients

    Guests were thrilled to be on Tom Joyner or CNN with no plan for what came next. I teach the follow-through.

  3. ParenthoodRaised my boys in Dallas, far from our Chicago village

    I had to build our own village in Dallas. By my son's college graduation, I had grown and unlearned alongside him.

  4. BooksWrite my Jamaica novels under my birth name, Lorna Phillips

    Swift River returns to the Portland Parish village floods emptied, where my great-grandmother was born in 1881.

  5. Executive Producer / Senior Producer at Tom Joyner Morning Show (Reach Media)Earned Tom Joyner's 'hardest working producer' title

    I rose to executive producer. I Googled every guest, because our listeners were ten times more skeptical than me.

  6. Morning Show Co-Host / Producer at WGCI (Clear Channel Radio)Sent air checks for a year, then just showed up

    On my way to a job in Jacksonville, I walked in, got hired almost on the spot, and stayed 10 years.

  7. Easier Said Than DoneWrote a bestselling novel my mom proofread backwards

    Easier Said Than Done went through four or five edits, and my editor still caught every adverb I overused.

  8. Education at Howard UniversityTaught in Jamaica, then went back to school for journalism

    I studied education at Howard and taught in Missouri and Jamaica before deciding it wasn't my work.

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Nikki Woods

Nikki Woods⁠

About

I'm founder and publisher of Maroon House Press.

Experiences

  1. Founder & Publisher at Maroon House PressPublish Caribbean stories without waiting on big publishers

    I named it for the Maroons, escaped Africans who built free settlements in Jamaica. They didn't petition. They took it.

  2. CEO / Founder at Nikki Woods MediaTeach experts to turn press into paying clients

    Guests were thrilled to be on Tom Joyner or CNN with no plan for what came next. I teach the follow-through.

  3. ParenthoodRaised my boys in Dallas, far from our Chicago village

    I had to build our own village in Dallas. By my son's college graduation, I had grown and unlearned alongside him.

  4. BooksWrite my Jamaica novels under my birth name, Lorna Phillips

    Swift River returns to the Portland Parish village floods emptied, where my great-grandmother was born in 1881.

  5. Executive Producer / Senior Producer at Tom Joyner Morning Show (Reach Media)Earned Tom Joyner's 'hardest working producer' title

    I rose to executive producer. I Googled every guest, because our listeners were ten times more skeptical than me.

  6. Morning Show Co-Host / Producer at WGCI (Clear Channel Radio)Sent air checks for a year, then just showed up

    On my way to a job in Jacksonville, I walked in, got hired almost on the spot, and stayed 10 years.

  7. Easier Said Than DoneWrote a bestselling novel my mom proofread backwards

    Easier Said Than Done went through four or five edits, and my editor still caught every adverb I overused.

  8. Education at Howard UniversityTaught in Jamaica, then went back to school for journalism

    I studied education at Howard and taught in Missouri and Jamaica before deciding it wasn't my work.

Follow Nikki for more...

LinkedInXWebsiteYouTubeInstagramTikTok

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