A Brand New Novel
Josephine Baker, the early-20th-century African-American dancer, comic, and singer–hugely famous in Paris. Did you know that she was also a spy for the French Resistance during WWII?
Author Archives: Sherry Jones
Bathroom Laws’ Real Reason
Disappearing trans people from public view It would have been hard not to notice the bag filling with urine on the seat beside my non-binary transgender visitor—a necessary accessory, they said, since fear of using the men’s restroom had destroyed their bladder. “I’m just grateful that the pain is gone,” they said. “And that I didn’t get bladder …
The Book I Wanted You to Read
I’ve wanted for YEARS to do this. I loved the original version of THE SHARP HOOK OF LOVE, my novel of the famed Medieval star-crossed lovers Héloïse and Abélard. My editor? Not so much. I’d chosen to tell the story from the point of view of Héloïse, the young student seduced by Pierre Abèlard, her …
Josephine Baker’s Awful, Terrible, Heart-Breaking Birth
No great writer/artist/performer ever had a happy childhood. I’m a case in point, although my “greatness” as a writer is strictly subjective. However, my novel “Josephine Baker’s Last Dance” DID *almost* win the Paris Book Festival Award for General Fiction, named first runner-up among hundreds of entries. So there is that. As for Josephine herself, …
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