About Jenn …

A freelance editor since 2005, Jennifer Sommersby has worked with numerous internationally best-selling and seven-figure authors from Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia. Through her company SGA Books (sgabooks.com), she supports indie authors through editorial services, publishing resources, and mentorship. When invited, she presents webinars, workshops, and classes on whatever juicy publishing topic the organizer desires and is occasionally called in to help out with blue-pencil sessions where she gets to meet with and consult on the terrific work of fellow writers. In 2025, she will expand her teaching portfolio with a series of live and on-demand publishing intensives under the Prose Alliance via SGA Books.

Under several pen names, Jenn is the award-winning author of thirteen novels and three novellas. Her YA debut Sleight was named a Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Book for Kids & Teens (Fall 2018) and an Ontario Library Association Best Bets Honourable Mention (2019). She also was awarded a BC Arts Council Grant in 2019 for a climate fiction work-in-progress. Her rom-com debut Must Love Otters (as Eliza Gordon) hit #1 in the Barnes & Noble store in 2014, with additional titles reaching top 100 charts on Amazon, Apple Books, and Kobo.

Jenn is a member of the Writers Union of Canada, the BC Federation of Writers, the Authors Guild, the Editorial Freelancers Association, Sisters in Crime (Canada West), the Alliance of Independent Authors, and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She is also a listed editor-for-hire on Reedsy. Jenn is represented by Stacey Kondla at The Rights Factory.

Jenn and her daughter recently threw open the doors on an ambitious new venture, Bard & Bloom, where they make all custom photo magnets and personalized gifts (including author swag!). Trans rights are human rights.

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I hope you like my words. I worked hard to pick all the right ones.