Samantha Nicklaus
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Samantha Nicklaus is a New York born and Orlando based writer. She graduated from Florida State University in 2017 with a Bachelors Degree in History with a minor in Psychology. Prison 917 is her first self-published novella, which was quickly followed by Prison 456 and Prison 268, all of which can be found in a collection called The Prisons. She loves reading, writing, video games, Disney movies, and spends too much of her time watching Netflix.
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Prison 917
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Dystopian
Heather was taught to never judge a book by its cover, but when she lands in a prison with no supplies, no guards, and no rules, surrounded by dangerous criminals, she starts to question that saying. Unsure of whom to trust, Heather is taken in by Delany, the cold and distant leader of the Red group, but even with a new friend, her new home is dangerous. The struggle for food, supplies, power, and answers leads Heather in a thousand different directions. As she learns more and more about her new home, and her new friends, she struggles to remember what she did to get arrested in the first place. One wrong move can kill her, or someone else. The only thing she is certain of is that she does not belong here. 
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Prison 456
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Dystopian
Heather and her fellow inmates find themselves in a new prison, with new rules. Run by a warden Heather isn't sure she can trust, she finds herself longing for her home in Prison 917 and trying to stop a full-on escape orchestrated by those close to her. Can she learn to love her new home, and more importantly, can she get her friends too? 
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Prison 268
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Dystopian
The Department of Prisoner Welfare and Psychology has moved Heather and her friends to yet another a new prison. While Prison 268 was custom made for them, it seems too good to be true. Issues with leadership, food, and fighting leads to rising tensions throughout the prison. While Heather tries to come to terms with all that the DPWP has done, she struggles to solve a murder. Adjusting to her new life is hard, but figuring out what justice truly means is much harder. 
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Eden and Other Bedtime Stories
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Poetry
“I stay alive for those beautiful moments I can create,” Samantha Nicklaus writes in her second poetry book, EDEN AND OTHER BEDTIME STORIES. After her first poetry book debuted in 2020, Nicklaus follows with another collection focusing on love, heart-break, and self-image while looking through the lens of religious stories and their teachings. 
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