Press Kit
J.A. Hoskins is a Canadian-Australian literary fiction author whose novels explore resilience, reinvention, and the deeply human ways we find our way back to ourselves.
Her second novel John debuted as a #1 Amazon bestseller in Australian Fiction. Her upcoming novel Ailsa Craig is a sweeping historical saga based on her husband's family history.
She is available for interviews, podcast appearances, blog features, and book club visits.
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J.A. Hoskins is a Canadian-Australian author of literary fiction, now happily anchored on Queensland's Sunshine Coast after a life shaped across two hemispheres.
Born in Montreal, she spent years writing in other voices — across engineering, technical writing, and ghostwritten works — before stepping forward with her own stories. That background, combined with a life of travel, reinvention, and starting over in new places, now informs fiction that explores the deeply human ways we find our way back to ourselves.
Her second novel John, set in Australia's Adelaide Hills, became a #1 Amazon bestseller in Australian Fiction during launch. Her debut Writer-in-Residence — the story of a woman abandoned in Las Vegas after a 25-year marriage ends, who must choose between going home and completely reinventing herself — continues to find new readers drawn to its warmth and honesty.
Her third novel, Ailsa Craig, is perhaps her most personal. While researching her husband's family history, Hoskins uncovered the extraordinary story of Susannah Raverty McDonald — a pioneer who grew up in the shadow of Scotland's Ailsa Craig, survived floods and hardship in colonial Queensland, and built a private hospital from nothing but knowledge, nerve, and an unshakeable belief that if you can help, you must. During her research, she discovered a century-old family mystery that has never been fully explained — and that lies at the heart of the novel. Ailsa Craig comes September 2026.
Also forthcoming is The Loreto Ladies' Luncheon, a mystery about a widow travelling alone who meets a stranger in a cafe in Loreto, Mexico — and finds herself drawn into a tale of decades-old diamonds, disappearances, and one very unforgettable inheritance.
For interview requests, review copies, or media enquiries: jahoskins@jahoskins.com
INTERVIEW TOPICS:
J.A. Hoskins is available to speak about:
- The story behind the stories — where do these ideas come from?
- The story behind Ailsa Craig — researching a pioneer woman whose extraordinary life was nearly lost to history, and the century-old family mystery at the heart of the novel
- Writing literary fiction inspired by real events — where research ends and imagination begins
- The indie author journey — from ghostwriting and technical writing to #1 bestselling novelist
- Writing across genres — from contemporary fiction to historical saga
- How place shapes story — pulling setting in as character
- Life and writing on Australia's Sunshine Coast