Nikita Singh was born 6 October 1991 in Patna, Bihar, where she spent the first four years of her life. She then relocated to Indore, where she went to primary school. She completed her schooling at Bridgeford School, Ranchi, in 2008. She graduated in pharmacy at the Acropolis Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Indore in 2012. She then moved to New York for a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from The New School, New York City, from where she graduated in 2016. she is an Indian writer. She has written twelve books including The Reason Is You, Every Time It Rains, Like a Love Song, The Promise and After All This Time. Her 2016 novel, Like a Love Song, debuted at No. 2 at Hindustan Times Bestseller list. In the following year, Every Time It Rains, debuted on No. 9 on the same list. Singh has also spoken on various TEDx conferences in colleges and top business schools across India. She also worked as an editor in Grapevine India. Her recent bestseller Like a Love Song was released in March 2016. "Like a Love Song" was followed by "Every Time It Rains" which was released in Feb, 2017. In February 2018, her book Letters To My Ex was released and sold widely across the Indian subcontinent. Her most recent novel "The Reason Is You" was released in February 2019 and immediately found a place in the bestseller lists.