S. Usher Evans Media Kit
Below find information about S. Usher Evans, including a listing of currently published or forthcoming titles, interview and story ideas, her official headshot and biography, and more information about notable works.
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Last Updated 20 January 2026.
General Information
Official Biography
S. Usher Evans was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida. After a decade of fighting bureaucratic battles as an IT consultant in Washington, DC, she suffered a massive quarter-life-crisis. She decided fighting dragons was more fun than writing policy, so she moved back to Pensacola to write books full-time. She currently resides there with her husband and kids and frequently can be found plotting on the beach.
Social media
Sush can be found on most social media websites under the username @susherevans.
Notable Awards and Recognition
Evans is the author of seven series and one standalone title. The City of Veils (2019) and A Quest of Blood and Stone (2022) were both awarded the Florida Author Project Young Adult Book of the Year, while The City of Veils was named the runner-up to the National Indie Author Award Prize. The City of Veils was also featured as the FaeCrate Book of the Month in April 2019, and was an instant Nook Bestseller when it released that same month.
S. Usher Evans’ cozy fantasy series have also won awards, including Barnes and Noble’s Top Indie Books of 2023 (Drinks and Sinkholes) and Spotify’s Top Indie Audiobook of 2025 (A Drizzle of Magic), as well as Barnes and Noble’s Top Releases of October 2025 (PJ Norris and the Village with the Gnome Dilemma).
Interview and Story Ideas
Evans gave the commencement address at George Mason University in 2007, so she's no stranger to public speaking or media engagement. She's been asked to sit on many panels at the various comic book and literary conventions she's attended since 2014. She has been interviewed by local video and print news, as well as podcasts and YouTube shows.
In addition to speaking on topics related to writing, self-publishing, realistic characters (of the female and not-female variety), an interview with Evans offers numerous angles and story opportunities including:
- The quarter-life-crisis: How Evans went from a US Department of Defense consultant to a freelance writer to a six-figure author.
- The writing business: Evans started Sun's Golden Ray Publishing in 2014 utilizing her experience as a project manager and web developer
- Building an author platform: With a background in strategic communications and a brief stint at the BBC, Evans can speak to using a variety of marketing and promotion activities to build a viable platform
- Mental Health: Evans' book Empath is an allegory to her struggles with anxiety and depression. She can speak to writing the book and how it helped her come to terms with her mental illness.
Evans also will talk about how great the city of Pensacola, FL is to anyone who'll sit still long enough.
Notable Works
THE WEARY DRAGON INN
Book 1: Drinks and Sinkholes
Genre: Cozy Fantasy
Age Range: 15+
Publisher: Sun's Golden Ray Publishing
Release Date: September 5, 2023
Print ISBN: 978-1-945438-57-8
Price: $17.99
Page Count: 330
Available Formats: eBook, paperback, hardcover, audiobook
Pitch: A multi-book cozy fantasy series about an amnesiac innkeeper named Bev and the curiosities that occur in her quaint village.
Comparable Titles: Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldree), You Can’t Spell Treason without Tea (Rebecca Thorne)
Synopsis: Warm beds, quaint mysteries, and the best rosemary bread this side of Pigsend Creek. Welcome to the Weary Dragon Inn.
Bev may not know who she was before she showed up in the quaint village of Pigsend five years ago, but that doesn't bother her much. She's made a tidy little life for herself as the proprietor of the Weary Dragon Inn, where the most notable event is when she makes her famous rosemary bread. But when earthquakes and sinkholes start appearing all over town, including near Bev's front door, she's got to put on her sleuthing hat to figure out what—or who—might be causing them before the entire town disappears.
Drinks and Sinkholes is the first book in the Weary Dragon Inn series, a ten book cozy fantasy mystery series, perfect for fans of The Spellshop and Legends and Lattes.
Accolades for Drinks and Sinkholes
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- BARNES AND NOBLE TOP 10 INDIE BOOK OF 2023
- 600% FUNDED ON KICKSTARTER
✭✭✭✭✭ - " The gossip, the cliques, the unity and the witch hunts. It was the perfect mix of connection, and getting on each other's nerves. I'm really craving some rosemary bread now, to be honest. It sounds so good." - Holly's Book Reviews
✭✭✭✭✭ - "If you're looking for a chill adventure to curl up with, this is the book (and series!) for you." - Chelsea, BFT Reviews
✭✭✭✭✭ - "The perfect mixture of cozy fantasy and cozy mystery!" - Tara Kat, Goodreads Reviewer
✭✭✭✭✭ - "Pigsend immediately drew me in with its steady heroine, idyllic locale, and charming populace... - Colin Letch, Goodreads Reviewer
✭✭✭✭✭ - "This book felt like sitting in a cozy corner, with a good blanket and hot cuppa. I am so glad I stumbled across this on Tiktok and cannot wait to read the next installment." - Sarah, Goodreads Reviewer
✭✭✭✭✭ - "Drinks and Sinkholes is a delightful and engaging low stakes cozy mystery." - Stephanie, Goodreads Reviewer
The Weary Dragon Inn series is complete 10 book series.
The Pobyd Perfections Bakery
Book 1: A Drizzle of Magic
Genre: Cozy Fantasy
Age Range: 15+
Publisher: Sun's Golden Ray Publishing
Release Date: March 11, 2025
Print ISBN: 978-1-965767-00-9
Price: $17.99
Page Count: 330
Available Formats: eBook, paperback, hardcover, audiobook
Pitch: A multi-book cozy fantasy series about a mildly-villainous baker who solves cozy mysteries in her quaint, seaside fantasy village.
Comparable Titles: Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldree), You Can’t Spell Treason without Tea (Rebecca Thorne)
Synopsis: Sweet treats, quirky personalities, and the nicest, mildly-villainous magical baker you could ask for. Welcome to the Pobyd Perfections Bakery.
After the Second Kingside War, magical folks like baker Lillie Dean are once again able to live freely and use magic openly. Lillie is taking this new freedom to heart, and has just moved to the seaside town of Silverkeep to start a brand new bakery and begin her life again.
But all is not sweet in the idyllic village, especially when Lillie gets a threatening note saying if she doesn't get out of town, everyone will find out about her villainous past. When other magical creatures start receiving similar threats, Lillie puts on her sleuthing hat to find out who's causing all the consternation - and why they've got a vendetta against magical creatures.
A Drizzle of Magic is the first book in the Pobyd Perfections Bakery Cozy Mystery Fantasy series.
The Pobyd Perfections Bakery series will be a complete, 10 book series in 2027.
The Wretched Curse Series
Book 1: The Curse of the Wretched
Genre: Adult Romantasy / Fantasy Romance
Age Range: 18+
Publisher: Sun’s Golden Ray Publishing
Release Date: September 8, 2026
Print ISBN: 978-1965767276
Price: $19.99
Page Count: 400
Available Formats: eBook, paperback, hardcover, audiobook, special edition hardcover
Pitch: When a shadow-wielding witch revives a legendary curse, a charming prince is tasked to break it—only to find legends aren’t always what they seem.
Comparable Titles: Daughter of No Worlds (Carissa Broadbent), A River Enchanted (Rebecca Ross)
Synopsis:
Five hundred years ago, the Legendary Balfour vanquished the evil witch Ophesia, saving Genad Kingdom from her heinous curse. So when that same witch crashes his father's coronation and revives the curse, Prince Thom is charged with finishing what Balfour started.
Thom is more diplomat than warrior, and if a throne room of soldiers can't kill the shadow-wielding menace, he has little hope of success. Armed with Balfour's ancient journals, Thom hopes to convince Ophesia to free his people with charm instead of steel. But his plan goes sideways when the beautiful and mysterious woman imprisons him, vowing he'll never leave her magical castle hidden in the mountains.
Thom's new prison is much friendlier than he'd expected, with a quartet of enchanted housewares at his beck and call. As Thom learns more about his mysterious captor, he discovers Ophesia's not just an evil witch, but a woman who sacrificed everything for the man she loved once upon a time. And saving his kingdom might just mean mending her broken heart first.
The Curse of the Wretched is the first book in the Wretched Curse series, a spicy, gender-swapped Beauty and the Beast retelling with forced proximity, hidden identities, shadow magic, and slow burn yearning.
The Princess Vigilante Series
Book 1: The City of Veils
Genre: YA Epic Fantasy
Age Range: 15+
Publisher: Sun’s Golden Ray Publishing
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Print ISBN: 978-1945438202
Price: $17.99
Page Count: 376
Available Formats: eBook, paperback, hardcover
Pitch: A vigilante must hang up her mask and become queen when her father and brother are murdered, but she has unfinished business to take care of first.
Comparable Titles: Red Queen (Victoria Aveyard), The Kiss of Deception (Mary Pearson)
Synopsis: Walking the line between royal and renegade has never been so treacherous.
Facing an arranged marriage in a distant country, Princess Brynna instead ran away and became The Veil, a masked vigilante protecting the streets of Forcadel. But when her father and brother are murdered - and the killer is nowhere to be found - she's forced back into a life of crowns and gowns instead of cloaks and cut-throats.
But The Veil's problems remain. Her nemesis, Lord Beswick, continues to prey on the most innocent in the city. Unable to stand by and do nothing, Brynna strikes a deal with her overly-protective captain to finish what she started before she's officially crowned queen and she has to hang up her mask for good.
Now, Brynna must find a royal murderer, take down a slumlord businessman, and keep her kingdom in one piece - not to mention stay alive herself in this award-winning first book in this award-winning young adult epic fantasy.
Awards for The City of Veils
Winner, 2019 Florida Author Project YA Book of the Year
Runner-up, 2019, Indie Author Project Book of the Year
The Princess Vigilante Series is a complete four-book series.
The Seod Croí Chronicles
Book 1: A Quest of Blood and Stone
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Age Range: 13+
Publisher: Sun's Golden Ray Publishing
Release Date: March 8, 2022
Print ISBN: 978-1945438509
Price: $18.99
Page Count: 420
Available Formats: eBook, paperback, hardcover
Pitch: A knight and wizard apprentice search for a stolen, magical stone to protect their kingdom and win the heart of the princess.
Comparable Titles: The Demon King (Cinda Williams Chima), The Kiss of Deception (Mary Pearson)
Synopsis: Find the most powerful magical object ever created, win the princess's heart - or so they think.
In six weeks, Princess Ayla will assume the throne left vacant by her murdered father. But without the magical Pennlan stone, stolen by her evil fae stepmother, Ayla fears her reign may be short-lived.
Cade, her best friend and wizard apprentice, has been tasked to retrieve the stone from the dangerous fae realm. Completing this quest will be the last step toward becoming a fully-fledged wizard—and may just win the heart of his beloved princess. But Cade’s not going alone. Ward, a knight eager to prove himself, has been tapped to escort him - and has his eye on the princess as well.
But as their journey takes them farther from home, a mysterious fae girl begins to follow them, swearing their quest is a lie and there's more to the king's death then they've been told. And most importantly: she knows exactly where to find the stone
Awards and Accolades for A Quest of Blood and Stone
Winner, 2022 Florida Author Project YA Book of the Year
The Seod Croi Series is a complete, four-book series.
Full List of Works
Cozy Fantasy Fiction
The Weary Dragon Inn Series
- Drinks and Sinkholes
- Fiends and Festivals
- Secrets and Snowflakes
- Beasts and Baking
- Magic and Molemen
- Veils and Villains
- Zealots and Zeniths
- Campaigns and Curses
- Perils and Potions
- Royals and Ruses
The Pobyd Perfections Bakery Series
- A Drizzle of Magic
- A Splash of Arcana
- A Dash of Sorcery
- A Smidgen of Chaos
- A Sprinkle of Treachery
- A Dusting of Alchemy
- A Coating of Conjuring (forthcoming)
- A Glaze of Trickery (forthcoming)
- A Dollop of Spellwork (forthcoming)
- An Icing of Wizardry (forthcoming)
Firewing Investigations Series
- PJ Norris and the Town with the Butterfly Problem
- PJ Norris and the Village with the Gnome Dilemma
- PJ Norris and the Hamlet with the Monster Situation
Witch’s Cove Paranormal Mystery Series
- A Mer-Murder at the Cove
Young Adult Fantasy Fiction
The Seod Croí Chronicles
- A Quest of Blood and Soil
- A Quest of Earth and Magic
- A Quest of Sea and Soil
- A Quest of Aether and Dust
The Princess Vigilante Series
- The City of Veils
- The Veil of Ashes
- The Veil of Trust
- The Queen of Veils
The Lexie Carrigan Chronicles
- Spells and Sorcery
- Magic and Mayhem
- Dawn and Devilry
- Illusion and Indemnity
Empath (Standalone)
Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction
The Wretched Curse Series
- The Curse of the Wretched
- Book 2 (title to come)
- Book 3 (title to come)
Demon Spring / Demon Fall Trilogies
- Resurgence
- Revival
- Redemption
- Reawakening
- Resurrection
- Reclamation
The Madion War Trilogy
- The Island
- The Chasm
- The Union
The Razia Series
- Double Life
- Alliances
- Conviction
- Fusion