Reis Asher lives in a fast-growing cat colony in rural Pennsylvania with his husband. He is the author of the nonbinary thriller Killing Games, published by NineStar Press, and the Nick Fabian series of transgender detective novels. He is transmasculine and bisexual, and wants to bring queer and diverse stories out into the light.
Catch him on Twitter @landale where he's happy to interact.
Catch him on Twitter @landale where he's happy to interact.
So, that's the official spiel. I've been writing queer novels since 2012 under my deadname, but after coming out as transmasculine in 2018, I changed my pen-name to Reis Asher. I've been published by a litany of small presses including the now-defunct but always-missed Less Than Three Press, been rejected by more agents than I can count, and still I keep writing because I know people need to see themselves in print.
Writing trans fiction may be a niche, but I know if I want to read stories about me and folks like me, others will want to as well. There's a dearth of trans fiction that caters to adults, and I try to focus on people in their late twenties and above, an oft forgotten segment of our society who often remain closeted for long periods of time and proceed cautiously when it comes to uprooting the lives we've so painstakingly built in the face of new revelations about our identities.
I was born in the United Kingdom and emigrated to the United States in 2006. Watching trans identities become a source of hot debate on both sides of the pond has not been easy, but I remain optimistic that once the majority of folks realize we're just boring, average citizens going about our lives, this too shall pass.
I mean, someone's got to take care of all the cats, right?
Writing trans fiction may be a niche, but I know if I want to read stories about me and folks like me, others will want to as well. There's a dearth of trans fiction that caters to adults, and I try to focus on people in their late twenties and above, an oft forgotten segment of our society who often remain closeted for long periods of time and proceed cautiously when it comes to uprooting the lives we've so painstakingly built in the face of new revelations about our identities.
I was born in the United Kingdom and emigrated to the United States in 2006. Watching trans identities become a source of hot debate on both sides of the pond has not been easy, but I remain optimistic that once the majority of folks realize we're just boring, average citizens going about our lives, this too shall pass.
I mean, someone's got to take care of all the cats, right?
