Nowadays, it’s very difficult for new writers of women-loving women & sapphic fiction to get the word out about their books and for readers to find new authors.
So to help out new writers of books about women-loving women, I’m listing newbie authors to watch out for here on my website.
Authors: If you are a newbie author of sapphic fiction and would like me to include you on this list, send me an email, especially if you are an author of color. It doesn’t matter whether you are with a publisher or are an indie author, as long as you haven’t published more than 2 novels and your book has a women-loving woman or a sapphic character as a protagonist.
Note: I define “newbie” author as someone who, at the time I put together this list, has written and published one or two novel-length books with a protagonist who’s a woman who loves women.
Newbie authors of sapphic & lesbian fiction to give a read & watch out for:
- Chris Zett, author of lesbian medical romances Irregular Heartbeat & Heart Failure.
- Quinn Ivins, author of smart lesbian romance novels Worthy of Love and The Love Factor.
- Rita Potter, author of lesbian fiction novel Broken Not Shattered and Upheaval (As We Know It Series, Book 1), a post-apocalyptic book with a lesbian romance.
- Nance Sparks, author of contemporary lesbian romance Cowgirl and An Alaskan Wedding, a second chance romance with a bisexual main character.
- Lori G. Matthews, author of WLW romcom #CassiNova.
- Milena McKay, author of lesbian age gap romance The Delicate Things We Make and The Headmistress, a lesbian romance with an ice queen character.
- Faith Prize, author of lesbian medical romance The Fifth Surgeon.
- Jess Lea, author of lesbian cozy mystery A Curious Woman and lesbian romantic mystery Looking for Trouble.
- Violet Morley, author of sapphic romance novels Sprinkled in the Stars and Under the Sitka Sky.
- Cheri Ritz, author of lesbian romances Vacation People & Let the Beat Drop.
- Neen Cohen, author of sapphic urban dark fantasy novella Cold as Hell.
- Diana Jayne, author of slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance What Memories Are Made Of (out in December 2021)
- Caitríona Page, author of new adult romance Traveller.
- Morgan Rogers, author of sapphic romance Honey Girl.
- Rachael Sommers, author of lesbian romance Never Say Never
- Stephanie Shea, author of queer romance Avalanche & WLW romance Liquid Courage.
- Ellen Hoil, author of lesbian romances Traumatic Love and Safe Haven.
- C.M. Castillo, author of The Pages of Adeena, a lesbian historical romance set in the 1950s.
- Emma Wallis, author of contemporary fiction novel This is Not a Love Story.
- Haley Cass, author of lesbian romance Those Who Wait.
- Stacy Lynn Miller, author of lesbian thrillers Out of the Flames & From the Ashes.
- MA Binfield, author of lesbian romances One Small Step & Not This Time.
- Mary P. Burns, author of f/f romance Forging a Desire Line.
- Cate Summers, author of LGBT teen romance The Rainbow Race.
- Terri Cutshall, author of LGBT medical drama Breakthrough.
- Lara Kinsey, author of f/f historical romances Budding Romance and Blooming in the Sun.
- Jane Kolven, author of LGBT romance The Holiday Detour, which features a Jewish lesbian and a nonbinary character.
- B.W. Hope, author of lesbian romance Chrome Painted Heart.
- Elle Armstrong, author of lesbian romance A Marine Conflict, co-written with Jax Meyer.
- W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh, author of LGBT vampire novel Outsider and LGBT dark fantasy short story collection Tales for the 21st Century, Vol. II.
- Emily Noon, author of dark fantasy romance Aurora’s Angel, which won a Lambda Literary Award.
- Kate Gavin, author of young adult romance Full of Promise and romance Table for Two.
- Cade Haddock Strong, author of romantic intrigue novels Fare Game and The Schuyler House.
- Scarlett Grace, author of free lesbian romance Us, Here, Again.
- Rosy Dee, author of lesbian romantic comedy I Love You, Lola Bloom
- Ivy L. James, author of lesbian holiday romance Make the Yuletide Gay
- Zoey Lennox, author of lesbian romance Playing Catch-Up and holiday romance The Christmas Checklist.
- Simonetta Pastorini, author of lesbian romance Heartlines and its sequel, Drift.
- Lucy Bexley, author of lesbian romance Must Love Silence.
- JD Wilburn, author of lesbian romantic suspense novel A Far Better Thing
- Elle Hyden, author of Lost & Found: A Mystic Meteor Tyle, a lesbian contemporary romance with a mystical twist.
- K.L. Gallagher, co-author of lesbian romance Hat Trick (written with Ali Spooner).
- Sabrina Blaum, author of LGBTQ+ fantasy novel The Well of Shadows.
- Lianyu Tan, author of Captive in the Underworld, an F/F dark lesbian romance retelling of the Hades/Persephone myth, and The Wicked and the Willing, an F/F gothic horror vampire novel set in 1920s Singapore (coming May 2022).
- Angela McKenna, author of lesbian age-gap romance The Visitor and Where the Wales Go, a soft science fiction adventure.
- Aprille Canniff, author of Trust, a women-in-uniform romance, and Finding Sarah, a WLW romance with a character who has PTSD.
- Sage Donnell, author of sapphic romances Puppy Love and Moving On, which has an asexual character.
- Jordan Meadows, author of YA novel Kissing Practice, which is set in the 1980s.
- Elke Lakey, author of Foreign Facades and Watching Cars Go By, both co-written with D.J. Fronimos.
- Valden Bush, author of sci-fi romance Nero.
- Jennifer Maples, author of f/f erotic thrillers Taken and The SandMan.
- Sue Graham, author of Playing with Fire, a sapphic romance set in South Africa.
- Brooke Campbell, author of The Warrior Within, a butch/femme paranormal romance.
- Kelly Farmer, author of sapphic sports romances Out on the Ice and Unexpected Goals.
- Emily Banting, author of sapphic romance Lost in Love and sapphic Christmas novella Trust in Truth.
- Eule Grey, author of sapphic sci-fi romance I, Volcano.
- Crystal Chard, author of lesbian romance Rough Around the Edges and gritty psychological romance Worth the Risk.
- Julie Forester, author of sapphic adventure/romance Marmalade Martini.
- Jen Lawrence, author of sapphic fantasy romance Guardian.
- M.B. Guel, author of young adult romance Queerleaders and Internet Famous (out in December 2021).
- Antonija Mežnarić, author of sapphic horror novella, What Do Nightmares Dream of.
- Alexandra Beaumont, author of sapphic fantasy novel Testament of the Stars.
- Johana Gavez, author of sports romance Match to Love.
- Roz Alexander, author of sapphic romantic comedy Matzo Match and Higher, a queer Jewish love story with two butch main characters.
- May Mirsky, author of sapphic erotic novella The Moon and Her Landlady.
- Iona Kane, author of sapphic celebrity romance Sleepless Nights.
- Jo Havens, author of sapphic sci-fi/fantasy romance The Blood We Spill and The Ice Inside, a free novella set in the same world (scroll down on her website to get it).
- KT Brodland, author of An Unfortunate Incident, a lesbian mystery novel with characters in their 50s.
- Nived, author of fantasy romance Eternal Love.
- S.E. Smyth, author of Criminal by Proxy, a dual narrative (contemporary/historic) sapphic crime drama.
- Janet Mason, author of second chance romance Loving Artemis, which is set in the 1990s.
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