Nneka Davis is a Nigerian American novelist and former theatrical lighting designer. Raised in Houston and Lagos, she studied electrical engineering at Prairie View A&M before earning an MFA in creative writing from Temple University. After touring with regional theaters from Dallas to Portland, she settled in Baltimore, where the glow of rowhouse windows and working waterfronts often illuminate her stories.
Her contemporary romances foreground working-class heroes and the quiet labor of care. Her novel Tin Roof Summer (2019) was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and Harbor Between Us (2022) was a finalist for the RWA Vivian Award. Nneka Davis teaches community writing workshops, mentors teen stagehands, and volunteers with the Chesapeake Lighthouse Preservation Society.
