Gemma  Ray

Gemma Ray

Author. Illustrator. Musical dreamer. Creative chaos coordinator.

Welcome to the world of Gemma Ray — where cozy gardens bloom in coloring books, fantasy adventures twist through time, and mischievous gremlins sometimes co-author chapters.

Gemma Ray is an author, illustrator, and creative adventurer who finds joy in transforming chaos into calm, page after page.
She creates cozy coloring books and whimsical stories where gremlins like Bleed roam free and readers can color, laugh, and relax.

Her Twilight Folklore series for adults has already found a following.
Her poetry and songwriting are another of her projects.
Gemma works closely with her feline editorial team—two real cats with strong opinions and excellent time management skills (for sleep) and a Golden Retriever who also thinks he's a cat. Their creative sessions are often filled with approving meows and strategic purrs. When she's not arguing with formatting or chasing unexpected plot twists, she enjoys visiting botanical gardens, vintage bookstores, and collecting notebooks that she vows to fill "someday."
Her motto: "Make it cozy, make it fun, and always consult your cat."

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Books

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The Tale of the Golden Cockerel: A Verse Retelling of Alexander Pushkin’s Fairy Tale (Pushkin’s Fairy Tales Reimagined)

What if a classic Alexander Pushkin fairy tale didn’t feel like homework, but like a dark, musical bedtime story?The Tale of the Golden Cockerel is a bilingual Russian–English picture book in verse that reimagines Pushkin’s famous story for modern readers while keeping its sharp, fairy-tale edge.An aging king is tired of war and afraid of...

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The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish:

A Verse Retelling of Alexander Pushkin’s Fairy Tale (with the Original Russian Text Inside) (Pushkin’s Fairy Tales Reimagined)

What if a classic Alexander Pushkin fairy tale in English didn’t feel like homework, but like a story told by a friend in flowing verse?

The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish is a bilingual Russian-English storybook that brings Pushkin’s beloved fairy tale to life for modern readers. This verse retelling keeps the spirit and shape of the...

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The Infinite Faces of Love

As Long as I Breathe—I Love: A modern cycle of long love poems—lyrical, intimate, resilient. Six pieces have companion songs.
From the series: The Infinite Faces of Love

Imagine love not as a rose in a garden, but as a maze of thousands of faces, where every glance leaves a scar, and every sigh whispers “I love.” “The Infinite Faces of Love: as long as I Breathe, I Love” is an epic of long poems for those who have experienced passion and loss. From the first spark (“We met each other face to face” — chapter I),...

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Latest Updates

December 20, 2025

New: my second retelling of Pushkin
"THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL" is a tale in verse about a tired king, a magical bird and a broken promise.
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November 21, 2025

THE TALE OF THE FISHERMAN AND THE GOLDEN FISH

A bilingual Russian–English retelling in verse

Retelling of A. Pushkin's famous fairy tale in English...

November 6, 2025

my new song for the new, second collection of poems "Different masks of a woman's fate"

September 2, 2025

The song "The Waltz of Forgotten Dreams" is from my poetry collection "The Infinite Faces of Love: As Long as I Breathe—I Love", which will be...

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Other Writing

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An honest tale of formatting woes, invisible margins, and one very real emotional support cup of tea.