What does this mean for the rest of the Maja (Sugar Moon) Trilogy and Love Devours? So, all of my adult novels, novellas and short stories will now be published as Elora Bishop, and all of my YA stuff will continue to be published under Sarah Diemer. I began to build my fan base as Elora, and I have met the most wonderful, supportive, enthusiastic and passionate women (and men!), as I have as Sarah, which is just the most heartening thing in the world. I am Sarah Diemer–and I am also Elora Bishop.Īs an indie author, all of my sales come from word of mouth, from people being fans and being incredibly supportive and wonderful. But my audiences are different, and I’m a Virgo rising (that explains everything, doesn’t it?), so I began to realize that a pen name to differentiate the two separate genres of my fiction would be ideal. When I released Sugar Moon and began to make plans for Love Devours, I thought I would do everything under Sarah Diemer–my real name.

Unless you’re homophobic, in which case THERE IS PLENTY SHOCKING SINCE THEY ARE ALL ABOUT LESBIANS. Both of these can certainly be read by a YA audience, there’s nothing shocking or explicit about them. Still lesbian things, but novellas that aren’t considered YA, like Sugar Moon, and my upcoming short story collection, Love Devours–it isn’t YA either. I grew up on fantasy and science fiction, and love both of these genres more than life itself–they are my life’s blood, and while I certainly write both of these into YA, I want to be able to do both adult and YA. My books after that are YA.īut I love writing more than YA. The Dark Wife, while read and loved by a very diverse (and ever growing) group of people, was a young adult novel at its core. Today, I come bearing tidings of sparkly joy.

One Solstice Night by Elora Bishop