Who is J.L. Toussaint?
J.L. Toussaint, aka Jen, is an author living in the state of Vermont, with a passion for writing, music, tarot, astrology, and graphic design. She fell in love with fantasy, romance, and general badassery quite young thanks to the films Star Wars, The Princess Bride, Willow, Terminator 2, The Dark Crystal, Aliens, and Legend. Those stories came to life on the "big screen" giving her all the feels and inspiration to create her own stories "her way." These new tales--mostly of romance, action and adventure involving her as the main character--lived rent-free in her mind for years. Some made sense, some not-so-much, but rather than keep them all to herself, she decided she wanted to share them. So she put pen-to-paper, or rather fingers-to-keyboard. That's when the writing bug hit her like a sack of bricks.
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Jen wrote her first novel at the age of twelve, spending an entire summer planted in front of her dad's computer, listening to Garbage's debut album on repeat as she typed away in WordPerfect. 123 pages and four months later, it was done! She felt extremely accomplished, and absolutely refused to let anyone read it other than one very good, childhood friend. Though that novel didn't go anywhere except in an archive, she knew she'd be an author someday. The timing simply had to be right. ​
​Fast forward to 2021, she began to design the cover and write her debut novel, Hybrid: Irinsbane Part I, for the tenth time since its conception in 1998. And this time, she did it, and she got it right. Blend her love of movies, and beautiful, passionate love stories, with a knack for writing—not to mention a flair for drama and halfway decent comedic timing—and you have what makes J.L. Toussaint’s debut novel, Hybrid, so soul stirring, badass, fun, and magnetic. Part II titled "Polaris" is the next installment in the series, and will be published in 2025.
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At home in the Green Mountain state, Jen can be found hangin’ with her two kids, probably doing tarot and astrology readings between writing, editing, and marketing her books. She can also be found on facebook, Instagram & TikTok under her spiritual alter ego, A Violet Flame, the inspiration for the name of her publishing imprint, A Violet Flame Publishing. She also designed and created a beautiful 78 card Rider Waite Smith tarot deck called Moonlight & Shadow tarot. The deck is currently unpublished, but once her Irinsbane Saga is out, she can focus on her spiritual creations.