Jeff Somers began writing by court order as an attempt to steer his creative impulses away from engineering genetic grotesqueries. His feeble memory makes every day a joyous adventure of discovery and adventure even as it destroys personal relationships, and his weakness for adorable furry creatures leaves him with many cats. He has published nine novels, including the Avery Cates series of noir-science fiction novels from Orbit Books (www.avery-cates.com), the darkly hilarious crime novel Chum from Tyrus Books, and most recently tales of blood magic and short cons in the Ustari Cycle, including the novel We Are Not Good People (www.wearenotgoodpeople.com) and the novellas The Stringer and Last Best Day, and the upcoming The Boom Bands from Pocket Star Books. He has published over thirty short stories, including “Ringing the Changes,” which was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2006; “Sift, Almost Invisible, Through,” which appeared in the anthology Crimes by Moonlight, edited by Charlaine Harris; and “Three Cups of Tea,” which appeared in the anthology Hanzai Japan. He also writes about books for Barnes & Noble and About.com and about the craft of writing for Writer’s Digest. He lives in Hoboken with his wife, the Duchess, and their cats. He considers pants to always be optional.
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Books by Jeff Somers
THE USTARI CYCLE
We Are Not Good People
Fixer
The Stringer
Last Best Day
The Boom Bands
THE AVERY CATES SERIES
The Electric Church
The Digital Plague
The Eternal Prison
The Terminal State
The Final Evolution
STAND-ALONE NOVELS
Lifers
Chum
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