NiNi Harris

NINI HARRIS is a historian, tour guide, and the author of more than 18 books on St. Louis history and architecture. Her recent books include Black St. Louis, Oldest St. Louis and This Used to Be St. Louis.

Harris received the Osmund Overby Award for Missouri Preservation in 2012 for her book Holly Hills.

When she’s not writing, Harris leads tours specializing in St. Louis history and architecture. Her books explore the city’s downtown, ethnic heritage, brick architecture, landscape architecture, immigrant communities, the Civil War, and the Gateway Arch.

Nini lives in South St. Louis.

NiNi Harris’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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