Jeff Somers
Author · 22 books
Jeff Somers (www.jeffreysomers.com) began writing by court order as an attempt to steer his creative impulses away from engineering genetic grotesqueries. He has published nine novels, including the Avery Cates Series of noir-science fiction novels from Orbit Books (www.avery-cates.com) and the Ustari Cycle series of urban fantasy novels. His short story “Ringing the Changes” was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2006, his story “Sift, Almost Invisible, Through” appeared in the anthology Crimes by Moonlight edited by Charlaine Harris, and his story “Three Cups of Tea” appeared in the anthology Hanzai Japan. He also writes about books for Barnes and Noble and About.com and about the craft of writing for Writer’s Digest, which will publish his book on the craft of writing Writing Without Rules in 2018. He lives in Hoboken with his wife, The Duchess, and their cats. He considers pants to always be optional.
Series
Books
The Digital Plague
2008
The Bey
An Avery Cates Short Story
2016
Writing Without Rules
How to Write & Sell a Novel Without Guidelines, Experts, or (Occasionally) Pants
2018
Avery Cates
The Kendish Hit
2017
Avery Cates
2014
Fixer
2013
Story Behind the Book
Volume 3
2014
The City Lord
An Avery Cates Short Story
2016
Avery Cates
The Walled City: An Avery Cates Short Story
2015
The Drum Trial
A Story in the Avery Cates Universe
2018
The Eternal Prison
2009
The Pale
An Avery Cates Story
2015
The Boom Bands
2017
The Stringer
2016
The Electric Church
2007
The Iron Island
2015
The Final Evolution
2011
Urban Enemies
2017
Lifers
2001
Chum
A Novel
2013
We Are Not Good People
2013
The Terminal State
2010
