Rave Reviews from Prominent Authors!

Charlie Anders, editor of She's Such A Geek and author of Choir Boy:
    "Alicia Goranson's superpowers include searing vision, a powerful voice, and the ability to leap over genre boundaries."

Patrick Califia, author of Mortal Companion and Macho Sluts says:
    "This fast-paced adventure features transgendered characters who immediately grab the reader's interest and empathy. Supervillainz is saturated with laughter, tears, and adrenaline. It's sexy, queer, and smarter than most whips."

D. Travers Scott, author of One of These Things is not Like the Other says:
    "Goranson's fresh, fierce characters tear through a dizzying, richly imaginative tale that marks the arrival of an exciting new novelist."

Rave Reviews from Professional Reviewers!

"...this high-speed graphic adventure novel, which offsets its gritty Boston streets setting with a story that could be lifted from the pages of a sexy, witty ... comic book." - JB, Curve Magazine, Jan/Feb 2007.

"The high energy of Goranson's writing pings and zings off every surface, her prose is larger than life, more colourful, more exciting..." - Charlotte Cooper, Rainbow Network.

"Supervillainz is not an issue novel, nor does it preach. It's all about the action, the chase, the gadgetry... Techno-geeks and fans of action/adventure novels will love the pace, intrigue, and toys in Supervillainz..." - Suzanne Corson, Books To Watch Out For.

"... there are still great books out there, printed on actual paper, providing something to fill shelf space once it's over and having a good heft in the hand while it's being read. For one, there's Supervillainz." - Anthony Glassman, Gay People's Chronicle.

"Goranson is a new force to be reckoned with, creating a masterful world where transgender people become the heroes and 'supers' are challenged." - Anthony King, Bay Windows newspaper.

Read Samples

Read samples of its adventures, comedy and pathos.

Hear Samples

Reading from Center for New Words, from May 18, 2006. (length - 37:56)

Listen to the book:
- Supervillainz, Prologue (7.13 MB)

About The Book

Supervillainz is an award-winning novel about twenty-something ex-lovers Bit and Devon, who steal the mask of a fallen superhero and are forced to become dastardly villains when they are chased by the hero's family through an underground network of friends.

It is a genre-buster, borrowing from the traditions of comics, literature of manners, and Hollywood blockbuster.

Jane Austen might write something similar if she was alive today.

Please explore this website to learn why your nightstand can't be without a copy of Supervillainz.