📚 My Amazon Author Page Is Finally Live!
After many emails, more patience than I expected, and what felt like forever… my official Amazon Author Page is finally live! 🎉
It took time to get approved, but we made it — and I’m so excited to finally share this little corner of the internet with you.
🌍 One Author, Four Languages
My author bio is now available in four languages — because writing for a global audience means meeting readers where they are:
Portuguese (my native language 🇧🇷)
English (my main working language 🌎)
Spanish (for the incredible Latinx readers 🇪🇸)
French (because I live in Switzerland — and love the sound of words 🇫🇷)
This multilingual presence isn’t just a detail. It reflects the life I live — and the themes I write about: motherhood abroad, identity, adaptation, and belonging.
📘 What You’ll Find on My Page:
On my Amazon Author Page, you can:
✅ Follow my releases (like Maternity Abroad)
✅ Read multilingual bios and book summaries
✅ Add the page to your favorites for updates
✅ Leave reviews — which really help indie authors like me!
💬 Why It Matters
Having an official author page on Amazon is symbolic. It’s more than just a link — it’s a home for my books, a bridge to new readers, and a milestone in this journey of publishing stories for those living between cultures.
📲 Curious to check it out?
Search for “Jessica Gabrielzyk” on Amazon — or click here.
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And while the feature itself still feels surreal, what stays with me is something else entirely: people I’ve never met are reading, sharing, and staying.
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I was having dinner with a friend when she tried something on her phone. She typed in a situation. The response came back instantly: “Written for exactly your situation.” Those words were written by AI, and they confirmed something I had been noticing for months.
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Jessica Gabrielzyk writes about the messy, magical, and often misunderstood moments of life abroad — from giving birth in a foreign hospital to helping toddlers color their way through culture shock. Originally from Brazil, she has lived on three continents, parented in three languages, and now calls Switzerland home with her husband, child, and a dog who has more stamps in her passport than most adults.
Her books, including Maternity Abroad, Parenting Unpacked, and My First American Coloring Book, are heartfelt, honest, and rooted in real global experience. She is a proud member of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR) and believes storytelling is the one language that truly travels.
I checked the domain for Maternity Abroad expecting the usual high price. It was €4.99. What looked like a coincidence turned into a surprising realization about search, visibility, and how a book can quietly shape its own corner of the internet.