The Blue Men (formerly The Travels of Thurston Powell)
1981
The author’s debut novel, only recently released for the first time in the United States. When pressed, J. still considers this his favorite and most complete literary effort. Note how the cover makes you look at the world as if you are wearing a Tuareg veil. Like The Publicist, this black comedy is part of the Tuareg collection, books the author has written that feature the Berbers of the Sahara.
Gospel Truths
1992, 2007
The author’s first novel released by a major publisher, Doubleday/Bantam/Dell. Part of a 2-book deal, the second being unnamed at the time of the purchase; it became The Hunting Club. Edited by Kate Miciak. First in the author’s Joseph Koster series about a lost Gnostic Gospel whose discovery could destroy the Church (written a decade before Da Vinci Code, penned by Dan Brown, another Amherst College alumnus). English and Spanish editions.
The Wall Street Murder Club (formerly The Hunting Club)
1993, 2013
The second book in the two-book deal with Doubleday/Bantam/Dell. A withering look at the 1980s bro culture and an examination of male loyalty and friendship. Optioned by Warner Bros. for theatrical development. English and Dutch, Danish, German, and Japanese editions.
The Publicist (originally published under pen name Veronica C. Wright)
1996, 2011, 2024
The author claims this book cried out to be released under the narrator’s identity, for some reason. Hence the pen name Veronica C. Wright, under which it was originally published. Cornucopia Press re-released the title in the spring of 2024 under the author’s birth name so that it would appear alongside his other books in libraries, bookstores, and online venues. Like The Blue Men, this black comedy is part of the Tuareg collection, books the author has written that feature the Berbers of the Sahara.
The Wave
2002, 2010
The first in the John Decker series, about a cryptanalyst forensic examiner (codebreaker) from the FBI trying to stop a mega-tsunami from destroying the Eastern Seaboard.
The God Machine
2009
Second in the Joseph Koster series, also edited by Kate Miciak. This time the search is on for a lost diagram — pieced together throughout history by the likes of Da Vinci and Tesla — which sits at the heart of a machine that can open a doorway to God. English and Turkish and Spanish editions.
404
2014
Second in the John Decker series, following The Wave. A dystopian view of the near future, including a horrifying view of what happens when AI runs amok.
Young Adult Fiction
The Seed of Icarus
1977
The author’s unpublished practice novel written largely in high school and finished while at Amherst College. It was enough to earn the author a literary agent in New York. (This image was generated by AI in two minutes, based on a on a one-sentence prompt.)
Kiss Me, I’m Dead (formerly The Unresolved under pen name T.K. Welsh)
2006, 2010, 2024
An extraordinary story of revenge, misogyny, anti-Semitism, the quest for justice, and of a love so powerful that not even death could extinguish it. First in a two-book deal sold to Penguin/Dutton. English and German editions.
Confessions of a Teenage Body Snatcher (formerly Resurrection Men under pen name T. K. Welsh)
2007, 2010
Second book in the two-book deal with Dutton/Penguin. This novel examines street life in Victorian London, and the furtive trade in corpses for dissection and medical research. A Junior Library Guild selection.
Death in Davos
2016
A Haitian-American teen gets herself invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ostensibly to talk about her new healthcare app she’s developed, but in reality to wreak revenge on corrupt billionaires who feel they are beyond the long arm of the law … but not beyond Robin Beauvais.
Children’s Books
A is for Asparagus by Holland Dayze (J.G. Sandom and Sylvana Joseph)
2011
What was an outline for a chapter book became a book itself. See how Jacques Couteau and Mae Fourchette take on the dastardly Clown to save mankind from junk food. Guaranteed to make your kids eat their vegetables. Not really. Actually, that’s a bald-faced lie. But they will probably enjoy the book! Book trailer voiced by “Christopher Walken”.
Short Stories
After the Great Muskie Hunt by J.G. Sandom
2011
When his father loses his job, a young painter offers to take him fishing for muskellunge, a barracuda-like freshwater fish, at Big Eagle Lake, in Ontario, Canada.