Jay Hogan Jay is a 2020 Lambda Literary Award Finalist She is a New Zealand author writing in MM romance and romantic suspense primarily set in New Zealand. She loves writing character driven romances with lots of humour, a good dose of reality and a splash of angst. She's travelled extensively, lived in many countries, and in a past life she was a critical care nurse, nurse educator and counsellor. Jay is owned by a huge Maine Coon cat and a gorgeous Cocker Spaniel. She loves to cook-pretty damn good, loves to sing-pretty damn average, and as for loving full-time writing-absolutely... depending on the word count, the deadline, how obliging her characters are and how much coffee she's had.