A poignant memoir unraveling family secrets and exploring identity, grief, and the body's wisdom.
Empowering midlife women with 100 candid lessons on reclaiming sensuality, confidence, and joy.
A sharp, comedic novel exploring midlife reinvention through the lens of a woman navigating unexpected challenges with wit and resilience.
A dazzling, defiant coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the Greenham Women’s Peace Camp—where punk, protest, and unexpected love collide.
The Golden Girls reboot we all deserve—hilarious, heartfelt, and exactly what women want to read right now, The Cabernet Club is a joyful ode to reinvention at any age! Pour a glass, pull up a chair, and meet your new favorite friends.
A thrilling blend of espionage and magic, introducing a midlife heroine drawn back into a world of secrets, curses, and forbidden love.
An intimate portrait of Joan Didion through a fifty-year friendship, revealing the woman behind the legend.
A humorous and heartfelt exploration of menopause, picking up where adolescence left off.
Do midlife women's stories matter?
More than ever.
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Empress Editions, an innovative indie press dedicated to amplifying the voices of midlife women and transforming the publishing landscape. With a vision born from bold ideas and shaped by global insights—from paper to fulfillment to distribution by Simon & Schuster—we’re setting out to rewrite the rules of publishing and storytelling for midlife audiences.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Menopause
A novel about friendship, faith (or lack thereof), and one very midlife meltdown.
What if everything you thought you’d figured out… suddenly wasn’t?
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Meet Maggie Simons — 51, marketing director, half-Jewish/half-Christian, spiritually confused since 1973, mother of two teens, and newly minted member of the “Am I Losing My Mind or Is This Perimenopause?” club.
Maggie thought she was entering her resting era. Instead, she’s thrust into the hormonal Hunger Games.
Hot flashes at staff meetings.
Crying in the Target parking lot.
Feeling invisible.
Feeling too visible.
And a marriage that is fraying quietly at the edges.
Enter the TWATS — The Women About Town — the grown-up glow-up of the Pre-Teen Sensations she once relied on. Now? They’re her lifeline.
What You’ll Love Inside
Characters who feel like your best friends (and your group chat).
Heartfelt, hilarious moments that make midlife feel less lonely.
The messy, beautiful truth about reinventing yourself at 50+.
A story that proves you’re not invisible — you’re becoming unstoppable.
