“You don’t need trad publishers or Oprah’s book club or major book awards or hundreds of thousands of dollars to pave your path. You can do it yourself. And if those things ever do come your way, it’ll be because they saw you working hard at what you do.”

The Diary of a Sugarbaby by J.Q. Gagliastro reachs #45 on Amazon’s Bestsellers List in Epistolary Fiction. The bestseller stayed in the top 250 for over a month!

Huitaca Films features the multi-bestselling novel The Diary of a Sugarbaby by J.Q. Gagliastro in their hysterical YouTube Mini Series Unnecessary Competitions.

The Diary of a Sugarbaby by J.Q. Gagliastro was featured in the New York Review of Books, both the April and May issues.

“I am not a people pleaser. I don’t believe in conventionality or watering yourself down to make others feel comfortable. I believe in loving yourself.”

As of December 13th, 2024, The Diary of a Sugarbaby was selected for addition to the Library of Congress' General Collections!

The Diary of a Sugarbaby reaches the Top 250 in Political Fiction on the Kindle Bestseller List! TDS also receives a lovely 5-star review from Jose Carrasquillo — “A great first novel destined to become a classic.”

Allegheny alumnus and bestselling author, J.Q. Gagliastro, is featured in Allegheny College’s Fall 2024 Magazine despite TDS being a clear cautionary tale about the capitalization of the American collegiate education system.

The Diary of a Sugarbaby becomes a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards in Adult Fiction for books published in 2023. Thank you so much to the judges and reading groups in Stockholm and London for selecting TDS as a finalist! Read more on their website.

“Most indie authors sell on average no more than 250 copies of their book in its entire lifetime.” The Diary of a Sugarbaby quadrupled this stat within the first year of its publication!

The Sugarbaby Book Tour has come to a glorious end! Here are press photos from each event in chronological order and messages from me to each bookseller who was kind enough to invite me to their fabulous stores, and to each reader who purchased a signed copy of The Diary of a Sugarbaby. You brought my dream to life! Thank you!

The final signing of my Sugarbaby Book Tour took place in my home city of Philadelphia! It was the shortest of my book signings by far, but it packed a heavy punch! Not only was it the end of my book tour, but it was also my bookaversary.

Thank you so much Gia and everyone at the B&N who helped organize the event! It was such a wonderful and successful day! Quite truly one of my favorite signings to date!

Forty-seven people attended. It occurred to me they might very well hate my book and read me for filth. But…

QBC started in 2023 as a book club for 2SLGBTQIA+ readers in New York City. According to Andrew Karo, “what started as a group of 8 has now reached over 120 members!” If you’d like to join, please…

My hometown childhood bookstore in Colonie Center, New York, rejected a book signing for me and my baby The Diary of a Sugarbaby. When asked why, they said verbatim it was due to “subject matter.”

The Diary of a Sugarbaby by J.Q. Gagliastro is a #1 Bestseller in LGBTQ+ Fiction on Amazon's Bestsellers List! What this means is Gagliastro had a highly supportive audience way before they became a published author!

bestselling author of The Diary of a Sugarbaby, J.Q. Gagliastro, visits Keene, NH, for a book signing at the Toadstool Bookshop!

The Diary of a Sugarbaby by J.Q. Gagliastro is a #2 Bestseller in Dystopian Fiction on Ingram’s Bestsellers List! What this means is people who go into bookstores have picked up my book, read the back, and are intrigued enough to buy it!

On August 10th, 2024, author J.Q. Gagliastro sits with journalist Sean Lewis of Chicago's Very Own WGN9 for their first go at live television!