Nikki Stern was born in Sydney and raised in Melbourne by Holocaust survivors. Educated at MLC, she later earned degrees in Science and Design. After working as a glass-artist, she lived in Amsterdam where she met her husband. Returning to Australia, they operated the Horny Housewife X-rated video business from Canberra, which saw the couple produce and star in the best-selling Horny Housewife movies – now in the National Film and Sound Archives.
After a cancer diagnosis, Nikki decided to write her memoir. She currently works as a librarian, while in her spare time, indulging her passions of books and art.