I’m absolutely thrilled to reveal my new website, designed by the unmatched @gaildvillanueva! To give you some insight into the detail work she did here: the flowers by the skull are the same as the flowers in my tattoo. My tattoo is also of a bee, and you can see the glorious little bees all over […]
STRANGE BEASTS is an exploration of feminine power through the lens of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes, and a queer puzzlebox mystery wrapped in gothic historical fantasy.
Dr. Helena Moriarty, from STRANGE BEASTS (my gothic historical fantasy with puzzlebox mystery and queer romance, OCT 2024). She’s only about 2cm on the actual cover, but she is STUNNING!! Cover reveal on 3/28!! View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Inky Phoenix Book Club (@theinkyphoenix) Cover reveal on 3/28!
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Check out Inky Phoenix Press (on Instagram: @theinkyphoenix)! Become a member, and get inside access to how my book is being made, from the cover art process to developmental edits, as well as invites to book club discussions, and a discord where you can discuss writing and books and everything in between with Kathryn Budig, […]
I can hardly believe STRANGE BEASTS debuts in 2024!!! Do you like gothic historical fantasies with puzzlebox mysteries and queer romance? Or are you just incurably nosy and want to know what I’m working on? Check out this snippet of an interview I did with my publisher, Kathryn Budig of Inky Phoenix Press: Susan J […]
I’ve been reading Publisher’s Weekly for almost 20 years. Last week, I was blown away to see my debut STRANGE BEASTS actually IN it! Article Text Reads: Susan J. Morris has sold world rights (excepting the U.K.) to her novel Strange Beasts to Kathryn Budig at Inky Phoenix Press, an imprint of upstart Bindery Books. […]
It’s Publisher’s Marketplace Official! I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that my dark, queer historical fantasy, STRANGE BEASTS will be published in Fall 2024 by Bindery Books + Inky Phoenix with Kathryn Budig in the US, and Hodderscape/Hachette with Calah Singleton in the UK! Follow along on my publishing journey here: The Inky Phoenix Book Club […]
I am BEYOND THRILLED to announce I’m now represented by the fabulous Jennifer Azantian of Azantian Literary Agency! I feel so incredibly fortunate to have found an agent who really gets my book–like down to its bones–and has the vision to help STRANGE BEASTS become its best self.
