Nikolas writes crime fiction with a beating heart—raw, lyrical, and unflinching. His stories pull from real scars, lived streets, and the quiet tragedies that shape men in silence. A father of four and a lifelong New Yorker at heart, Nikolas blends the emotional depth of Mystic River with the grit of The Sopranos and the moral complexity of The Power of the Dog.

His debut novel, In Powder Blue, is more than a story—it’s a reckoning. Written for the friends who never made it out, for the boy he used to be, and the children he’s raising now, the book explores legacy, grief, and the shadow of addiction with haunting intimacy.

Nikolas doesn’t write to entertain. He writes to survive—and to leave something behind that means something.