Hello, I’m Jesni
I’m an Australian indie author with a love of fantasy, complicated characters, strange worlds, old gods, morally questionable decisions, and the occasional bookshop that has opinions of its own.
My stories tend to begin with a simple idea.
Then somebody opens a door they probably shouldn’t.
Before long there are ancient gods, forgotten histories, vampires, pirates, creatures nobody has properly named yet, and characters who have completely ignored whatever plans I originally had for them.
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
The Stories
I write fantasy worlds filled with people who are imperfect, stubborn, frightened, funny and occasionally spectacularly bad at making sensible decisions.
The Coil’s Embrace began one journey.
The world of Eldria opened another.
Through Broken Glass and the stories that follow it, I’ve been building a world of forgotten gods, enormous Titans, living histories and ordinary people caught in the middle of extraordinary things.
But the novels are only part of those worlds.
There are stories that happen between chapters. Letters that never appear in the books. Diary entries, maps, character histories and moments that simply don’t fit neatly into a novel.
You’ll find many of those here.
Writing Differently
I’m also dyslexic.
For a long time, writing a novel seemed like the sort of thing other people could do.
Then I did it anyway.
Dyslexia affects the way I work, but it has also taught me that there isn’t one correct way to be a writer. I build stories visually, chase ideas down unexpected paths, rewrite relentlessly and occasionally discover that the strange little idea that wasn’t supposed to matter has become an entire world.
My books aren’t created by following a perfect straight line.
Neither am I.
Beyond the Books
This website is more than a bookshelf.
It’s a place where I can open the doors to the worlds behind the novels.
You can explore characters and places, discover artwork and maps, read pieces from Between the Pages, find letters and diary entries from the characters themselves, and occasionally discover what they were doing while I was apparently looking the other way.
You’ll also find some of the artists, indie authors and other creative people whose work I enjoy and want to share.
So have a look around.
Pick a world.
Open a door.
Just remember that, in my stories, opening mysterious doors rarely ends well.
J.B.Rose 