Nikki Palomino is a music journalist (Los Angeles County Examiner, Punk Globe Magazine, Steel Notes, etc.) and fiction writer, having been named Best Genre Short Story 2003 by Writer’s Digest, Best Author of 2012, Top 20 Reads 2012 for the DAZED (Story of a Grunge Rocker) book series (The British Library’s Pop Culture), Crime Short Stories in San Francisco’s Out Of The Gutter, Nightmares, Blonde On Blond, Foggy Windows, Anthologies such as Bloody Kisses, Serrated and more, Award-winning short films DAZED 2017, The Rug, 2007. Nikki hosted a Australia’s Digital Radio103 and Los Angeles Whatever 68 Radio Show DAZED interviewing rock musicians, directors, producers and covering crime like The Wonderland Murders: Four unsolved killings that occurred at 8763 Wonderland Avenue in Los Angeles on July 1, 1981. Interviewed people from Kurt Cobain, becoming a friend and confidant inspiring the novel series DAZED, Rock Photographer Mick Rock, Ramones Roadie Monte Melnick, Markie and C.J. Ramone, Iggy Pop, director Sean Baker (Tangerine) and many more for media rags Punk Globe Magazine, Steele Notes, Buddy Magazine and more. Nikki also worked with underage runaways and addicts, which helped in the many short stories, DAZED series and maneuvering the rock world.