Nicki is a Colorado-based Deaf writer, actress, and filmmaker celebrating the release of her debut novel, "Songless War: The Shadows of Memory," the first in a planned nine-book dark fantasy saga. What makes it stand out? American Sign Language isn't just represented in this world…it is the magic system. Nicki started dreaming up this story as a teenager, decades before she finally sat down to write it. This book is proof she did.