Disgraced – A Toronto Thriller is a 2025 release by Jayne Green, the pen name of academic-turned-fiction author Laury Silvers. Silvers is best known for her series of immersive historical detective mysteries set in 10th-century Baghdad. While still very much a thriller, Disgraced is set in modern-day Toronto and features topics ranging from cults to techno-terrorism to familial abuse. It is one wild ride. The story opens with a university professor, Martin Monaghan, being dismissed from his post for plagiarizing the work of one of his graduate students, Parisa Soltani, an Iranian immigrant. Soltani is on the run. Turns out…

Throughout my lifetime books have been there for me, even when people weren’t. They were my companions when I was a young girl, friendless and moving from town to town. They’ve been an escape when life was hard and I needed reprieve. They’ve given me the foothold I needed to rise above poverty and ignorance. My love affair with the written word began almost from infancy. I thank my mom for that. She was young and uneducated, but she loved reading and always made sure I had books. I remember as a teenager, she once told me, “If you ever…

Today is the day I christen my new blog! I already have another blog under my real name where I write reviews and whatever nonsense is on my mind. This one, however, is dedicated to my budding career as a novelist, written under my nom de plume. If you’ve read the ‘About’ section of this website you’ll know that once upon a time I lived a tortured existence as a marketer and activist. Thankfully, that’s all behind me, now. These days, I’ve embraced the creative life. I’m writing my first novel, making a podcast, practicing zen, and maintaining healthy relationships…