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Niyah Moore

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Niyah Moore
Born (1981-01-07) January 7, 1981 (age 43)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
💼 Occupation
Author, Play Director, and Playwright
📆 Years active  2007–present
Known forSand Cove
Major Jazz
Loren Cochran and Malcolm Mack
👶 Children4

Niyah Moore (born January 7, 1981) is an American author of romance, erotica, historical romance, and paranormal romance, and a playwright. She is known for her novels Urban Books, Sand Cove (2019) and Ambiance Books, Major Jazz (2013). She currently has adapted her novel Major Jazz into a play, which will debut in Sacramento in the Spring of 2024. She has written approximately 50 novels.

Biography[edit]

A Sacramento, California native, she was fully immersed in writing. Under the subtle pushing and guidance of mentors throughout her childhood, Niyah embarked on a professional writing career.[1]

Niyah began in 2007 with the social media platform Myspace, where she submitted her writing to be included in various anthologies. Niyah has landed multiple independent and major publishing deals, as well as having been included in several anthologies such as Zane's Busy Bodies: Chocolate Flava 4. Her noteworthy novels include Zane Strebor's Quickies: Pigalle Palace and Thunderstorm, Beneath the Bayou, and Major Jazz.

Niyah was an honoree for the 2013 Exceptional Women of Color Award of Northern California, and is a two-time recipient of the African American Literary Award for Best Anthology and the 2015 AAMBC Literary Award nominee for Best Digital Publisher (Ambiance Books).

In 2014, she signed her first major two-book publishing deal with Simon & Schuster, under New York Times Bestselling Author Zane's imprint, Strebor Books. Niyah's first release was Pigalle Palace, which was featured by Ebony.com.[2]

In 2019, she signed her second major 6-book publishing deal with Kensington Publishing, under New York Times Bestselling Author Carl Weber's imprint, Urban Renaissance. Her releases under Urban Books / Urban Renaissance include Sand Cove, Sand Cove 2, The Queen's Diamond, and Young Gucci.

In 2022, she went back to her love of theatre arts where she was assistant director of the playScottsboro Boys at Celebration Arts Theatre in Sacramento, California. Her experience was what led to her adapting her novel Major Jazz into a stage play.

She is the mother of four children and has her Bachelor's degree in Organizational Management.

Bilbliography[edit]

Anthologies[edit]

Year Title Short Story Title Notes
2008 Mocha Chocolate: Taste A Piece of Ecstasy: Book 1 Caught With My Ex
2010 Chocolat Historie D'Amour-A LadyElle Anthology
2010 Mocha Chocolate: Escapades of Passion: Book 2 Roommates
2010 The Heat of the Night (Peace In The Storm Publishing Presents)
2010 Souls of My Young Sisters
2011 Pillow Talk in the Heat of the Night: A Book of Duets No Competition
2012 Savor the Longest Night
2013 Anna J. Presents: Lies Told in the Bedroom
2013 Zane Presents: Busy Bodies: Chocolate Flava 4 After Dark
2019 Outlaw Mamis Honor Among Boss Chicks

Audiobooks[edit]

Title Notes
Outlaw Mamis
Sand Cove
Sand Cove 2
Young Gucci: Love at First Swipe
The Queen's Diamond
A Thug's Heartbeat: Rocko's Street Justice

Novellas[edit]

Year Title Notes
2013 Lethally Yours
2021 He Wants Me

Novels[edit]

Year Title Publisher Notes
2010 Bittersweet Exes Ladyelle Publishing
2011 Guilty Pleasures Nayberry Publications
2013 Major Jazz Peace in the Storm Publishing
2014 Beneath the Bayou Ambiance Books
2015 Pigalle Palace: Pigalle Palace Series Simon & Schuster
2016 Thunderstorm: Pigalle Palace Series Simon & Schuster
2016 Ghettophobia: Leshaun Ambiance Books
2018 Tell Yo Bitch series David Weaver Presents
2019 Sand Cove Urban Renaissance Books
2019 Sand Cove 2: Cold Summer Urban Renaissance Books
2020 Young Gucci: Love at First Swipe Urban Books
2020 The Queen's Diamond Urban Books
2020 Wasn't I Good Enough? Ambiance Books
2020 Wasn't I Good Enough? Part 2 Ambiance Books
2021 A Thug's Heartbeat: Rocko's Street Justice Urban Books
2022 My Hustler, My Enemy: Rise of a Street Queen Urban Books
2023 Azura: Pigalle Palace Series Ambiance Books

Plays[edit]

Year Title Publisher Notes
2023 Major Jazz Ambiance Books

References[edit]

  1. Moore, Niyah (2009). Bittersweet Exes. Ambiance Books. Search this book on
  2. Moore, Niyah (2013). Major Jazz. Ambiance Books. Search this book on


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