Vera Jane Cook's Books
Dec.23.2011
From the Salem Witch trials through the Nineteenth Century and beyond, Annabel Horton is pursued by the devil’s disciple, Urban Grandier, the demonic priest from the incident at Loudon. She must take the bodies of those that the devil favors to protect her family. She must uncover the motive behind the illusive Ursula/Louis Bossidan, the scandalous cross-dresser who is...
Apr.04.2009
When Hannah Reilly steps off the ship on the shores of Ellis Island in 1912 she has no idea that it is not a convent that awaits her. It is a man who finds her far too beautiful to marry God. Madly in love, Hannah and Wade settle in Jacksonville, Florida, where the world holds the promise of sunshine. They have two wonderful children before life changes and Wade insists that Hannah...
Dancing Backward In Paradise by Vera Jane Cook is a brilliant debut novel that explores the definition of happiness and tries to make sense of the unexpected turns that create the richness and texture of life. Grace Place is nineteen-years-old and lives in Paradise, the Paradise Trailer Park in Hixon, Tennessee. The year is 1966 and Grace is content exploring the back roads,...
Words, like music, provide my soul repose. But, like music, the words must flow like violins, not cymbals.”
—Vera Jane Cook
About Vera Jane
I was born in New York City and grew up amid the eccentricity of my southern and glamorous mother on the Upper West and Upper East Side of Manhattan. An only child, I turned to reading novels at an early age and was deeply influenced by an eclectic group of...
Causes Vera Jane Cook Supports
Al Gore Northshore Animal League, ASPCA AIDS
Vera Jane’s Favorite Books
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Look at Me, Secret Life of Bees, Wedding in December, Interview With a Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Lovely Bones, Missing Mom, She...