TJ Fisher is an award-winning published author of nonfiction and fiction works. She is a recognized storyteller, writer, novelist, social critic and tastemaker. A native Floridian and longtime Town of Palm Beach (“the Island”) beach-block resident, TJ previously owned an historic 1850s French Quarter home on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. She became noted for her 1959 pink Cadillac Convertible named Lulabell. The Advocate | Baton Rouge book editor previously labeled her “suitably outrageous and eccentric to represent New Orleans.”

TJ’s We All Dream in Gold / The Pearly Gates of Purgatory series novel sequence is “One Big Story”…not-yet-published…an epic 15-book continuing series…of narrative fiction… Prepare the flashlight to binge-read in bed at night. The sneak-peek clickable slideshow photo gallery of storyboard imagery pictured above; pulls back the curtain a little. The panoramic tale is cranked all the way up. Big emotions. Big conflicts. Big twists. Big shocks. Unlikely settings, scenes, and unexpected collisions. The audacious, tragicomic novels follow the path of triumph over tears, trauma, raunch, rivalry—delusions to dust, dreams to gold. Yes, melodrama, good versus evil, and larger-than-life characters.

The creative work snares the reader with a thrilling new literary voice of originality. The fresh, bold approach is captivating and groundbreaking. The distinctive style explodes with an authentic first-person persona and a perspective that subverts genre expectations. All sequential novels are written, not proposed. The daring storyline and characters are suitable for page-to-screen adaptation—TV and/or steaming platforms. The unreliable and unforgettable narrator defies all expectations. The sweeping saga is set in Palm Beach, New Orleans and Dallas, beginning in the Big 80s.

These semi-autographical novels with a strong emotional core feature an powerful strong storyteller voice. Complexity with clashes. A blend of personal truth and fiction. Books that simultaneously skewer and memorialize dangerous situations and captivating worlds, with a sense of time and place, of identity, and of the shifting sandglass ways the story’s protagonist-heroine-anti-heroine sees herself and others.

The Pearly Gates of Purgatory series forthcoming sequence of books are: Baby Doll Gombo (#1), Zin-Zin (#2), Flambeau (#3), Quadrillée (#4),Tableau (#5), Peristyle (#6), Mascarade (#7), Promenade (#8), Société (#9), Zansét (#10), Repasser (#11), Confrondre (#12), Rouler (#13), Procession (#14), Vieux Gold (#15). Read series overview. See advance reviews.

Dreaming in gold…more information…unveiled soon…stay tuned… TJ is a longstanding member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA), Directors of America (DGA), Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), Screen Actors Guild- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), Dramatists Guild (DG), Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (“Television Academy”/ATAS), Dramatists Guild (DG), Actor’s Equity Association (AE), Authors Guild (AG), and other professional guilds and associations.

TJ’s time spent as a journalist, gossip columnist, publicist, and PR/advertising strategist amplified her versatility in writing styles, and her filmmaking skills honed her mastery of methods used to tell a story. Yes, how to paint a picture and tell a tale with words, imagery, and emotions. Her writing often explores themes related to New Orleans, its history and culture, reflecting her deep connection to the city. Her previously published award-winning nonfiction works, Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré and Hearsay from Heaven and Hades: New Orleans Secrets of Sinners and Saints, garnered major kudos and national literary honors. The critical acclaim included the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Benjamin Franklin Book Award double gold for “Best New Voice Nonfiction” and the “The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Nonfiction Book” and triple silver. The equivalent of literary Oscars. She also snared a gold IPPY Award, Nautilus Book Award, gold and silver National Best Book Awards, Eric Hoffer Award, Southern Independent Bookseller Alliance honors and the Pirates Alley Faulkner Society Faulkner-Wisdom short-list novel mark of distinction. Additionally, TJ authored Vieux Carré Chic: The Art of Overindulgent Home Décor.

Southern Author TJ is a colorful storyteller, self-admittedly, as irreparably complex, flawed, and charismatic as the fictional characters she creates. The protagonists and antagonists of her stories mostly exhibit a hero-antihero dichotomy, with seeming contradictions, whereas all their virtues collide and coexist with their faults. It’s complicated but never boring, she says. There are no coincidences. Some stories can only be told by a writer–the writer-protagonist in a novel. With all the fine delicate brushstrokes, the words and emotions, and blurry boundaries, from beginning to end. Yes, the story the writer writes down and tells/retells in a “voice” for the readers.

For initial questions about literary rights, film and television rights, translation rights, audio rights, theatrical rights, merchandising rights, serial rights, book club rights, permissions, copyright, publicity, marketing, representation, press inquiries, author appearances, or matters of a personal nature, TJ can be reached at TJ@wealldreamingold.com.

TJ Fisher is also a Palm Beach Broker Associate | Luxury Realtor with Compass Real Estate. She serves as the WE ALL DREAM IN GOLD Group Principal Agent. Her office is located at 150 Worth Avenue #232, ocean-block in the Midtown heart of the Town of Palm Beach, in-between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway. Of note, TJ also holds Florida’s highest-level Certified General Contractor License. For real estate matters, please email her directly at tj.fisher@compass.com.

Disclaimer: TJ says, the content on this WE ALL DREAM IN GOLD site is fully endorsed by her two most trusted personal assistants | editors | marketing assistants, i.e., her beloved Coton de Tulear pup Zuzu Marigny Laveau and rescued ex-racehorse Gabriel Balthazar Believer’s War. And so, if you spot an error or typo, blame it on proofreaders Zuzu and Believer.