It’s time for a special Sapphic Book Bingo category! This square of the bingo card shines a light on new sapphic authors or sapphic authors who you might not be familiar with.
Authors who are just starting out are often struggling to get any attention for their books, so every year, I try to give them a little extra visibility by featuring them in their own category.
For the purposes of this reading challenge, “new sapphic author” is defined as someone who has published no more than two full-length sapphic novels (I’m not counting shorter works). For this category, you can also read a book by an author who has published more than two novels but is new to you.
Below, you’ll find two lists: One includes 100 authors who are new and the second features 100 authors who might not be new at writing and publishing yet might still be new to you.
100+ new sapphic authors
Below, you’ll find a list of 100+ new sapphic authors:
- Aldrea Alien, author of Someone Else’s Shoes
- Alex La Bruyere, author of Pyramid Stunt and A Sanguine Solstice
- Alexis Westmore, author of Tell Her I Love Her and Follow The Money
- Amelia Lascaux, author of Their Sunflower Girl
- Ana K. Wrenn, author of The Wilding of Em’s Path and Strange Attractors
- Angela Greenman, author of The Child Riddler
- Anne E. Terpstra, author of Beyond Any Experience
- Ava Hardwick, author of Cages of Alyssum
- Avery Brooks, author of Other Girls and Beautiful Disasters
- Avery Gearhardt, author of Betrayal & Lies
- Aya Canicosa, author of Of Chasing Raindrops
- B Wheeler, author of How NOT To Kiss A Prince
- Bea Chicory, author of She Fell for the Witch’s Disciple
- Beth Strauss, author of Tangled Webs
- Cara Ramsey, author of I Could Never Hate You
- Carrie Byrd, author of Loser of the Year and The Second Draft
- Cat Washington, author of The Ghost of You Lingers
- Celia Thorn, author of The Rising Dark
- Charlie Geoffrey, author of Boss Undercover & Finding Rory
- Chelsea Pennington, author of A Gardener’s Guide to Love and Loathing
- Chelsey Lynford, author of Crossing Bridges and The Rise and Fall of Conner Cody
- Christa Hickcox, author of Under The Saltwater Moon
- Claire Donniere, author of Shot Through the Heart
- Claudia Parr, author of Two Weddings and a Funeral
- Collins Fox, author of The Ways We Converge
- D Muse, author of Through Her Eyes
- Darcy Liao, author of Make Room for Love
- E.K. O’Connor, author of She-Wolf: A Sapphic Beowulf Retelling
- E.P. Stuart, author of Evie
- E.R. Lebeaux, author of Sweet Surprises
- EJ Pepino, author of Wars in Wonderland
- Eileen Champagne & Vivien Nash, author of How Not to Be a Bounty Hunter
- Eline Evans, author of The Impossible Act of Georgia Cline and The Music Room
- Elsie Hawthorne, author of Her Shadow so Dark and Lovely
- Emily Noon, author of Aurora’s Angel
- Emma Kennedy, author of Golden Ruin
- Emma Weimann, author of Heart’s Surrender & Finding True North
- Erica Rose Eberhart, author of Tarnished and Diminished
- Eve Noble, author of To The Moon and Back: A Sapphic ‘60s Romance
- Evie Marque, author of Wolf Shirt & High Heels and Hot Tea & Bird Calls
- Faith Prize, author of The Fifth Surgeon
- Frankie Fyre, author of The Honeymoon Mix-up and Cabin Clause
- Glenda Poulter, author of Never Too Late
- Gwin Savage, author of Indecent and Insolence
- Heather Grey, author of Standby Cue Love and In the Next Room
- Hudson Lin, author of Dragon Boats & Doctor’s Notes
- Ilham Asra, author of Only Ever One Choice
- J. Cabral-Jackson, author of Bain Rock
- J. Fez, author of The Book of Phoebe
- J. Victoria Tobias, author of Stairs to Nowhere and Past into Present
- J.C. Rycroft, author of The Blood-Born Dragon
- Jacyn Gormish, author of Mark of Ravage and Ruin
- Jan Crossen, author of Colors of the Sky: A Memoir
- Jazz Forrester, author of Shifting Gears and Breaking from Frame
- Jen Karner, author of Cinders of Yesterday
- Jess Skultety, author of The Great Tree of Iris
- Jessica Yeh, author of Something Tragic
- Jude Silberfeld-Grimaud & Marguerite Grimaud, authors of The Milkyway Hotel
- Jules Revel, author of Coltswood
- Katherine Rupley, author of Calculated Risk
- Kel McCord, author of Uncomplicate It and The Other Side of Forever
- Kelly Preston, author of The Demon To Your Right and If I Could Drag You Under
- Kelsey Kranz, author of A Soft Place to Land
- Kestrel Martin, author of The Cost of Vices
- Kimberly J.M. Wilson, author of The Actress: The Curious Case of Cordelia Wainwright and The Actress: Canceling Cordelia
- Kit Meredith, author of An Extraordinary Passion and An Independent Woman
- Kit Stone, author of After the Story
- KP Evans, author of Crash and Burn
- Kris Madigan, author of Of All the Stars
- Kristina W. Kelly, author of Tavern Tale and Tea Tale
- L. Creeke, author of When Embers Find Her
- Lauren Ryvers, author of New Adventures
- Lexi French, author of Hard to Beat
- Lianyu Tan, author of The Wicked and the Willing and Captive in the Underworld
- Lissandra Rowe, author of Royal Rush & Changing the Game
- Lydia Finch, author of Defiant
- Mabel Ballard, author of Lacey Lassiter Is Not a Lesbian
- Madeline Konrad, author of The Sea
- Margo Glynn, author of Anywhere with You
- Marguerite Grimaud & Jude Silberfeld-Grimaud, author of The Milky Way Hotel
- Marie Cardno, author of How to Get a Girlfriend (When You’re a Terrifying Monster)
- Marine St. Jean, author of Remember Monsters and Tyton: The Spider and the Dragonfly
- Mickey Brent, author of Underwater Vibes and Broad Awakening
- Morgan Park, author of Hope and Other Lost Things and Beyond the Shoreline
- Naomi Rivers, author of THIS: A Simple, Complex Love Story and Why Not Us?
- Nicole Hidalgo, author of This Is How Immortals Die
- Olivia Janae, author of Colstead & Andie and The Loudest Silence
- Ophelia Rose, author of The Price of Happiness
- Pip Landers-Letts, author of Pyg and The Weight of What Was
- RA Hunter, author of The Many Mistakes of Amy Love and The Many Mistakes of Zoey Andrews
- Ragini Werner, author of Revealing Philippa & Becoming Janice
- Rebecca Freeman, author of Holding Out For Her Hero
- Rebecca Sky, author of Dangerous and Well-Read
- Rena Sapon-White and Ella Schaefer, author of Sweet Talk and The Christmas Pic
- Rhiannon Grant, author of Between Boat & Shore and Carving a New Shape
- Ria Wyland, author of Just Come Clean
- Rian Birch, author of Swept Up In You and On The Right Path
- S-Jay Hart, author of Oh My Stars and A Perfect Place to Cry
- Sara Radley, author of Begin Again
- Sarah G. Levine, author of Emma by the Sea and It’s Kind of a Bad Idea
- Shalon Atwood, author of The Faker’s Guide to Self-Improvement
- Spencer Greene, author of Stolen Kiss and Never a Bridesmaid
- SR Shah, author of Nation Under Siege
- Sue Still, author of Katherine: The Lady of the Legend
- Sydney Lear, author of Racing Hearts
- Tamara Jerée, author of The Flowers I Deserve
- Thea Belmont, author of Principle Decisions and Madame Hyde
- Terri Cutshall, author of Breakthrough and Fall into Me
- Thea Belmont, author of Principle Decisions and Madame Hyde
- Ursula Klein, author of Enchanted Autumn and Winter’s Spell
- Vi E. Geary, author of Love In Stasis
- Vivien Nash, author of Virelai’s Hoard and Storm Shelter
- Z.B. Phillips, author of Chronically Yours
100 sapphic authors who might be new to you
I asked the 7,600 readers in my Facebook group for a list of underappreciated sapphic authors who deserve to get more attention.
Here’s a list of 100 authors that were mentioned most often. Chances are, there are at least a few on the list that you haven’t heard of.
- Aunt Georgia Lee
- A. L. Brooks
- Alaina Erdell
- Ali Spooner
- Ali Vali
- Alicia Gael
- Alyson Root
- Ami Spencer
- Ana K. Wrenn
- Ann McMan
- Anna Burke
- Anna Pulley
- Anna Woiwood
- Anne-Marie Pellow
- Brenda Murphy
- C. W. Elliot
- Caren J. Werlinger
- Cari Hunter
- Carrie L. Carr
- Carsen Taite
- Catherine Maiorisi
- CC Davie
- CC Gonzáles
- Char Dafoe
- Charlie Geoffrey
- Cheryl A. Head
- Chloe Keto
- Chloe Slate
- Claire Highton-Stevenson
- Clare Ashton
- Clare Lydon
- Darcy Liao
- Darva Green
- Donna Jay
- E.V. Bancroft
- Eline Evans
- Eliza Lentzski
- Emily Wright
- Emma Nichols
- Erica Rose Eberhart
- Erin Zak
- Fran Heckrotte
- Frankie Fyre
- G Benson
- Gerri Hill
- Gill McKnight
- Giselle Fox
- Huckleberry Rahr
- Iona Kane
- J. Fez
- J.E. Leak
- J.S. Fields
- Jade Winters
- Jaime Clevenger
- Jasmin Joachims
- Jess Lea
- J.J. Arias
- Jo Fletcher
- Jo Havens
- Jolie Dvorak
- Justine Saracen
- K.L. Gallagher
- Karin Kallmaker
- Karis Walsh
- Kat Jackson
- Kate Christie
- Katie Trapp
- KG MacGregor
- Kim Pritekel
- KJ / K.J. Wrights
- Krystine Rivers
- L A Wright
- Lesley Davis
- Lily X
- Lisa Elliot
- Lise Gold
- Liz Rain
- L.M. Bennett
- Lori L. Lake
- Lou Morgan
- Lyn Gardner
- Maggie McIntyre
- Meghan O’Brien
- Melissa Good
- Missouri Vaun
- MJ Duncan
- Moira Darling
- Molly J. Bragg
- Nan Campbell
- Nance Sparks
- Neen Cohen
- Nicole Pyland
- Pip Landers-Letts
- Rachel Spangler
- Radclyffe
- Rawnie Sabor
- Rita Potter
- Robin Clairvaux
- Samantha Sabian
- S-Jay Hart
- Sharon K. Angelici
- Skye von Triessen
- Stephanie Shea
- Susan X. Meagher
- Tiffany E. Taylor
- TJ Dallas
- Virginia Black
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What sapphic book will you be reading for the “new or new-to-you sapphic author” category? Let us know in the comments!
7 Responses
Jae, thank you for the list of authors who need a spotlight!
Fantastic Jae, your constant championing and uplifting of other Sapphic authors is so generous, admirable and inspiring. More big Jae energy is what our world needs! 💚
Here for all the Book Girlfriends!!! Thank you for including DANGEROUS AND WELL-READ!!!!
My pleasure!
Not sure. Many I read. I need audio but would love to hear Cara Ramsey somehow. Maybeawful kindle to speak but I don’t have a membership.
Jae, you are amazing to do alll this for the community !!!!!
Thank you, Jae, for including The Child Riddler and for your generous support to authors.
You’re very welcome!