About Lydia Sherrer | Love Lies and Hocus Pocus Author

Hey reader! I always say strangers are just friends you haven’t met yet, so welcome and prepare to be friends! You can read about me below (in the third person, because that’s how it’s done), or if you’re just here for my cats, well me too, friend, me too (their bios are way cuter than mine).

Casual Bio

Meet The Cats

Read Lydia's Blog Archive

Want to learn more? Check out a few more places Lydia has staked out on the interwebs.

Patreon – Monthly short stories, snarky content, and behind-the-scene sneak peeks.

Facebook Author Page – Writing related news, cute cat pictures, and general shenanigans.

Facebook VIP Reader Group – Cat, tea, and book memes, story discussion, friendships built, and fun had!

Instagram – Cute cat pictures, tea reviews, and general shenanigans (noticing a trend here?)

Youtube – Ocarina music, cat videos, and live interviews.

Professional Bio

Lydia Sherrer is an award-winning and USA Today-bestselling author who hopes to leave this world a better place than when she found it. She grew up in rural Kentucky and was thoroughly corrupted by a deep love for its rolling countryside, in spite of all the mosquitoes and hay-fever. Lydia’s parents instilled in her a craving for literature early on, and later regretted it as they had to wrestle books away from her at the dinner table and confiscate all her flashlights she used to read books under the covers. Despite their best efforts, they never managed to break her of the habit and Lydia is still reading under the covers today, though now she has the convenience of a Kindle with night settings.

Lydia graduated with a dual B.A. in Chinese and Arabic, and after traveling to the far corners of the globe, came home and stayed. Instead of becoming a marine biologist or a spy for the CIA (her childhood dreams), she decided to do something much more exciting and dangerous: write books for a living.

Her award-winning and bestselling “Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus – the Lily Singer Adventures” series is delightfully snarky urban fantasy with a talking cat that has been described by Harry Potter fans as “Highly addictive!” and “a must read.” It has garnered thousands of five star ratings and sold over half a million copies.

Most recently Lydia is working on the TransDimensional Hunter series with NYT bestselling author John Ringo. Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies such as “We Shall Rise” and “Chicks in Tank Tops.” She also writes new short stories for her Patreon supporters every month. Lydia subsists on liberal amounts of tea and dark chocolate, and hates sleep because it keeps her from writing (though she needs it because she has kids to wrangle). In her non-existent spare time, she enjoys puzzles, archery, and collecting insects. Due to the tireless efforts of her game-designer husband and her three overlords, er cats, she remains sane and even occasionally remembers to leave the house.”

Want to learn more? Check out a few more places Lydia has staked out on the interwebs.

Patreon – Monthly short stories, snarky content, and behind-the-scene sneak peeks.

Facebook Author Page – Writing related news, cute cat pictures, and general shenanigans.

Facebook VIP Reader Group – Cat, tea, and book memes, story discussion, friendships built, and fun had!

Instagram – Cute cat pictures, tea reviews, and general shenanigans (noticing a trend here?)

Youtube – Ocarina music, cat videos, and live interviews.

The Fun Bio

Hi everyone! *waves furiously.* This is supposed to be short and fun, so there’s really just a few things you need to know:

I am a terrifyingly delightful combination of a tornado and a golden retriever. I love people, I love stories, and I plan to keep writing until they pry my computer from my cold dead fingers.

I absolutely accept bribes. Chocolate is the most effective (dark, obviously), but tea paraphernalia and books are acceptable as well.

I am owned by three cats (for now, at least. I made an ill-advised deal with my husband that we can have as many cats as we have kids and we keep having kids so…).

My greatest joy is bringing happiness to my readers! If I’ve made you smile, I’ve done my job, and I’ve been told by many that I’m pretty darn good at my job.

Basically you’re doomed to have fun if you hang around me for any amount of time.

You’ve been warned.

“Celestial Birds” – (Falcon Sun, Owl Moon, and Raven Star) – Ink by Lydia Sherrer

Lydia In The Wild

See what Lydia gets up to in the wild, from interviews to musical performances, and everything in between.

Q&A with Amy McFadden

Come meet our fearless narrator for the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus books, the wonderful Amy McFadden!

How To Make A Full Time Income As An Indie Author

Ready to take the next step and become a full-time author? Listen in as indie author, Lydia Sherrer, shares her secrets to success.

Cincinnati Comic Expo Interview With Lydia Sherrer

Erin and Travis interview award winning and USA Today bestselling author of Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus, Lydia Sherrer!

Clickable Video. A picture of Lydia and friends playing Cat Magic: The Game.

Cat Magic: The Game Playthrough

Watch this lively playthrough of Cat Magic: The Game, a casual card game for 2-5 players full of magic, cats, and snark based on the award-winning and bestselling Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus books

Clickable Video. A picture of Gizmo the cat being silly.

Meet Gizmo The Cat - Inspiration for Sir Kipling

Meet Gizmo! The inspiration behind Sir Kipling (the magical talking cat extraordinaire) of the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus urban fantasy series.

Clickable Video. A picture of Lydia playing the ocarina in a Star Wars Jedi outfit.

Star Wars Medley Cover on Ocarina by Lydia Sherrer

Cover of several Star Wars songs. This performance was the first place winner of the “Awaken Your Ocarina” video contest by STL Ocarina.

Clickable Video. A picture of Lydia playing with another musician.

Rivendell Song from the Hobbit

This is music my mother wrote when she read The Hobbit to us as kids. It’s goes to the song the Elves at Rivendell sing (Sing all Ye Joyful) which Bilbo heard as he rested there returning from his adventures with the Dwarves.

Meet The Cats (A.K.A. Feline Overlords)

As any cat-owned human knows, it’s really the Feline Overlords who are in charge.

A picture of the magnificent Gadget "playing" Cat Magic: The Game

Gadget the Magnificent Floof (Queen of House Sherrer)

Greetings, human. As senior Feline Overlord, it is my solemn duty to “supervise” my writer human and “help” her make books. I also run quality control on all soft things in the house, and am the official tuna taste tester. It is a great sacrifice. You are welcome.

Cat Favorites

Favorite food: Tuna juice
Favorite activity: Escaping outside
Favorite Cat Swag: Cat Magic The Game

A picture of Luna the cat sprawled on a chair with a piece of paper saying "#stole mommys chair" and "# couldn't care less"

Luna the Usurper of Laps (Spaz Kitty Extraordinaire)

They call me Usurper of Laps because of my ninja-like ability to steal my human’s lap away from her magical writing box. But only when I feel like it. If my human picks me up, I have to run away immediately (I can’t let her get complacent). Now pet me! But only three and a half times. Then go away.

Cat Favorites

Favorite food: Mommy’s plants
Favorite activity: Shedding hair
Favorite Cat Swag: Sir Kipling Mug

Sir Bastion lazily sprawled on top of a pallet full of new copies of Love Lies and Hocus Pocus Odyssey

Sir Bastion [Buttmunch] Murder Mittens, Lord of Darkness, Destroyer of Socks, Fierce Battlecat of House Sherrer

Oh, hello human. I am a lover boi and will rub sweetly on you. Until I decide to bite you. Which you will also love. My human calls me Buttmunch, but only because she doesn’t appreciate my charm (my claws might have something to do with it). All shall love me, and despair.