Mercury to

the Moon

the fantasy adventure you’ve been looking for

by J.Q. Gagliastro

The Diary of a

Sugarbaby

the dystopian fiction multi-bestseller

by J.Q. Gagliastro

J.Q. (Jacob Quentin) Gagliastro has been writing fiction since age six. Before they became a published author, they worked many odd jobs to make ends meet. The oddest was when they worked as a sugarbaby. They’re not proud. But from those experiences came their debut novel The Diary of a Sugarbaby.

  • The Diary of a Sugarbaby is a bestseller in LGBTQ+ Fiction, Dystopian Fiction, Political Fiction, and Epistolary Fiction.

  • Mercury to the Moon is a bestseller in Young Adult Fiction, Magical Realism, and Alien Sci-Fi.

  • The Los Angeles Book Review hailed Mercury to the Moon as “an imaginative triumph!”

  • NYC’s Queer Book Club selected The Diary of a Sugarbaby as their October 2024 book.

  • An instructor at the University of Florida shortlisted The Diary of a Sugarbaby as required text for their queer studies program.

  • On August 10th, 2024, Gagliastro appeared on Chicago's WGN TV with journalist Sean Lewis.

  • The Diary of a Sugarbaby was featured in The New York Review of Books, both April and May 2024 issues.

  • Gagliastro traveled to NYC, DC, Philly, Annapolis, Glastonbury, Keene, Hartford, and Chicago for their Sugarbaby Book Tour.

  • Over 1,000 copies of The Diary of a Sugarbaby were sold within the first year of its publication.

  • The Diary of a Sugarbaby was a 2023 finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards in Adult Fiction.

  • Jose Carrasquillo hailed The Diary of a Sugarbaby as “A great first novel destined to become a classic.”

  • The Manhattan Book Review claimed that The Diary of a Sugarbaby is "The Handmaid's Tale on steroids!"

  • Kirkus Reviews called The Diary of a Sugarbaby "a frightening novel about an unthinkable future!"

  • And according to The BookLife Prize, The Diary of a Sugarbaby is a “dark satirical work of sci-fi!”

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ~ J.Q.