Meet best-selling author, Jennifer Gooch Hummer, this Third Thursday!

Join us this Third Thursday when author Jennifer Gooch Hummer will be at the PMA to discuss her new book, Veridian Sterling Fakes It, a colorful and humorous tale about a hopeful young painter who finds herself embroiled in the world of art heists...and possibly responsible for the counterfeits needed to cover them up.  

About the Book 

In this colorful and humorous tale, a hopeful young painter finds herself embroiled in the world of art heists…and possibly responsible for the counterfeits needed to cover them up. 

Freshly graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, Veridian Sterling is ready to hang her work in any of the countless New York galleries that are sure to give her a show. The problem is only one will, and they’re not interested in her art so much as her personal assistant skills. 

No glitz, no glam, and definitely none of the money she needs to help her struggling mother finally realize her dream of starting her own business after having sacrificed everything for Veri to go to art school. So when she overhears her new boss discussing the impressive finder’s fee for a lost van Gogh, Veri takes matters into her own hands. Maybe her own artwork isn’t celebrated, but she knows how to copy what is, and maybe those skills can help lead to a discovery. 

But when a famous art dealer takes her under his wing (and his charming driver takes her interest), Veri realizes she’s in deeper than she expected, and quite possibly with the wrong people. With her mother’s dreams and her own future at stake, Veri will have to pull out every trick she can think of to wipe her canvas clean and erase the mess she’s created before she goes down for someone else’s crimes. 

About the Author 

Jennifer Gooch Hummer is the award-winning author and screenwriter for her debut novel, Girl Unmoored. Her novel, Veridian Sterling Fakes It, was published in July 2024 by Lake Union Publishing. She is also the author of Operation Tenley, the first book in her middle grade fantasy series, which was a Kirkus Best Book of 2017. Raised in Boston, Jennifer graduated from Kenyon College with a B.A. in English and moved to Los Angeles where she read scripts for major talent agencies and production companies. Jennifer currently lives in Southern California with her husband, three daughters, and two rescue dogs.