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Jeff Somers

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Born

in Jersey City, NJ, The United States

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http://www.jeffreysomers.com

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

Influences

Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler, Neal Stephenson, Jack L. Chalker ...more

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April 2010

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Jeff Somers (www.jeffreysomers.com) began writing by court order as an attempt to steer his creative impulses away from engineering genetic grotesqueries. He has published nine novels, including the Avery Cates Series of noir-science fiction novels from Orbit Books (www.avery-cates.com) and the Ustari Cycle series of urban fantasy novels. His short story “Ringing the Changes” was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery Stories 2006, his story “Sift, Almost Invisible, Through” appeared in the anthology Crimes by Moonlight edited by Charlaine Harris, and his story “Three Cups of Tea” appeared in the anthology Hanzai Japan. He also writes about books for Barnes and Noble and About.com and about the craft of writing for Writer’s Digest, ...more

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	The Electric Church (Avery Cates, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 2,912 ratings — published 2007 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Digital Plague (Avery Cates, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 1,476 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternal Prison (Avery Cates, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 1,043 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Terminal State (Avery Cates, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 725 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Final Evolution (Avery Cates, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trickster 3.75 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are Not Good People (The Ustari Cycle #1) 3.72 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Without Rules: How to Write & Sell a Novel Without Guidelines, Experts, or (Occasionally) Pants 4.27 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fixer (The Ustari Cycle, #0.5) 3.82 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Avery Cates: The Shattered Gears 4.21 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jeff Somers's Blog

Movin’ Out

SO, I’ve decided to consolidate this blog with my main site over at jeffreysomers.com/blather. I’ve imported all the posts from here and collected them under the umbrella category of Writing. That’s also where the new posts on the craft and business of writing and Writing Without Rules will appear every week.

Why? Well, honestly it’s just getting annoying maintaining two blogs, and I probably shoul

Series by Jeff Somers

Avery Cates (5 books)
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Jeff Somers (Goodreads Author)

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Jeff Somers made a comment on There Are No Bad Ideas " Having sampled a German variety called Slyrs, I cannot agree with this. Colin wrote: "There is no bad whiskey. Only whiskey you haven't consumed enough ...more "
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Jeff Somers made a comment on Never Bulk Up " Colin wrote: "Wow. Can we split that into 10 payments." Yes! But they're all due immediately. "
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Jeff Somers made a comment on Just because It’s Real Doesn’t Make it Good " Tequila, bad. Whiskey, good. Gin, death. "
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Quotes by Jeff Somers

“I decided to irritate him, on the premise that it couldn't make my situation any worse.”
― Jeff Somers, The Terminal State

tags: humor-inspirational

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“I forced myself to stay put and keep looking-impatient assholes would take the leap, letting adrenaline and desperation guide them, but I was fucking ancient and I knew better. It was bitter, but I fucking knew better about just about everything.”
― Jeff Somers, The Eternal Prison

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“I didn't want to kill her; she was just doing her job. But she was standing between me and the rest of my miserable life, so she was going to have to take a bullet.”
― Jeff Somers, The Electric Church

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