For years, I’ve been writing under two names — Jenn Sommersby and Eliza Gordon — and the plan was to launch a new series (darker, grittier, commercial, suspense & carnage) under a third name … Upon speaking to a career publicist, he suggested I NOT introduce yet another identity.
Too many names, too much work, too difficult to publicize my growing catalog.
As such, going forward, I will be transitioning everything over to the name I chose when, in 1995, I wanted something that would look awesome on for a movie poster or book cover. I was right — Sommersby looks pretty great on a book cover.
Sleight, Scheme, and Fish Out of Water are young adult (YA) titles. Sleight and Scheme have finally been reissued in ebook and paperback (SGA Books) for Canada and the rest of the world. American readers, Sky Pony Press has it as an ebook and hardcover (allegedly).
Please note: My forthcoming Freya: Book 1 in the Hendry Family Saga (November 2025 from PulpFemme), and Wish Upon a Rosie (February 2026, PulpFemme), my last book written as Eliza Gordon, are not YA titles and are intended for 16+. (Yes, trigger warnings will be provided upon publication.)
I like to keep busy. Weirdness is my superpower.
All my brands: Instruction and resources, custom photo magnets & personalized swag and gifts, 20+ years as a freelance editor for internationally best-selling authors, published novelist (both trad and indie) under multiple names, on-demand and live courses/workshops coming summer/fall 2025, and now the Novel Acquisitions & Production Editor for Pulp Literature/Pulp Femme!
Always something up my sleeve.
PRAISE for Sleight, Book 1 of the AVRAKEDAVRA
“SLEIGHT makes magic from an enthralling premise, wonderfully drawn characters, and beautiful words. It’s hard to avoid descriptors like entrancing, spell-binding, and mystical.”
“Fantasy readers will fall in love with SLEIGHT. Like a circus, it’s an intoxicating mix of beauty, humor, magic, and danger that means the reader can’t bear to look away until the final page.”
“Startlingly imaginative and vividly realized.”
SLEIGHT, Book 1 of the AVRAKEDAVRA, and SCHEME, Book 2 of the AVRAKEDAVRA, are available to American readers in ebook and hardcover from Sky Pony Press.
(If you can’t find it, contact Sky Pony Press directly and let them know. It’s kind of a bone of contention that the books aren’t available to buy, and yet they won’t revert the rights so I can reissue in the US.)
For all other countries and territories, including Canada, SLEIGHT and SCHEME will be reissued in ebook and paperback in summer 2025.
“Books are good for you. You should read more.”
— Nuit, Jenn’s cat