
Jesse Q. Sutanto is a USA Today bestselling author whose fiction spans cozy mystery, thriller, romance, and young adult novels. She is known for Dial A for Aunties and Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. Her work has won the Edgar Award and the Comedy Women in Print prize, and Dial A for Aunties’ film rights were acquired by Netflix.
Jesse Q. Sutanto grew up moving between Jakarta and Singapore, with Oxford later becoming another formative home. She studied English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, then completed a master’s in creative writing at Oxford. That cross-regional upbringing, along with life inside a very large extended family, helped shape the family-centered, transnational sensibility of her fiction. She is now based in Jakarta with her husband and two daughters, and has also publicly emphasized her interest in women’s rights and diversity in publishing. ((https://jesseqsutantoauthor.com/about?utm_source=openai))
"The Washington Post said Jesse Q. Sutanto is back with another charmer"
— The Washington Post
"The Wellesley News said there’s a kind of magic to Jesse Q. Sutanto’s writing"
— The Wellesley News
"Publishers Weekly said Jesse Q. Sutanto has outdone herself with this cozy with substance"
— Publishers Weekly
"Booklist said Jesse Q. Sutanto deftly blends preposterous humor with enduring devotion"
— Booklist
"BookPage said Jesse Q. Sutanto hits all the right notes, blending meddling, murder, and found family"
— BookPage
"BuzzFeed said Jesse Q. Sutanto is set to become a literary superstar"
— BuzzFeed
"Kirkus Reviews said readers will die for Jesse Q. Sutanto’s delightfully absurd hijinks"
— Kirkus Reviews
"The Jakarta Post wrote that Jesse Q. Sutanto writes with passion and a lot of heart"
— The Jakarta Post
"The Bookseller called Jesse Q. Sutanto’s YA novel outrageously funny"
— The Bookseller
"USA Today said Jesse Q. Sutanto pushes you to the edge of your seat with humor and heritage"
— USA Today