Each tattoo has meaning, a gift it bestows on its bearer-wanted or not.
"Gomez is a real storyteller, maybe one of our best!" -
Bay Area Reporter
"Jewelle Gomez sees right into the heart." -Dorothy Allison
"The Gilda Stories, is a groundbreaking work of Afrofuturism before the term was even coined."-
The Guardian
2023
"[
The Gilda Stories
] is one of the bestselling horror books of all time." -
Book Riot
"Gomez's narrative voice is often poetic lending...a magical realism feel." -
Publishers Weekly
"...a pioneer in black speculative fiction..." -
Tananarive Due
Jewelle Gomez
, (Cabo Verdean/Wampanoag/Ioway; she/her), is a novelist, poet, essayist and playwright. Her eleven books include five collections of poetry and the first Black Lesbian vampire novel,
. In print for more than 30 years, a new UK edition was launched by Vintage/Random House in 2023.