Naima Coster is a Dominican-American writer known for her debut novel, Halsey Street, which was published in January 2018.

Coster is the recipient of numerous awards including a Pushcart Prize nomination.

Her novels address topics such as gentrification, integration, and racial and cultural identity.

[5][6] Her writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Rumpus, Arts & Letters, Kweli, and Guernica.

[7] As of 2018, she was a visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University[8] in North Carolina, where she lives with her family.