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Jeff Rivera

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Born

in Salt Lake City Utah, The United States

Website

http://www.JeffRivera.com

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Young Adult, Romance, Children's

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March 2012

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Jeff Rivera is an author and inspirational media personality. He has appeared on national television, radio and print in such outlets as Forbes.com, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Right On! Magazine, Rotarian Magazine, TMZ, WABC, WNBC, WCBS, SITV, American Latino and NPR.

He also writes or has written for Mediabistro, GalleyCat, Publishing Perspectives, Digital Book World, Examiner, American Chronicle, School Library Journal and the Huffington Post and has been invited to speak and inspire groups all over the world from South Carolina to Nigeria. He has been on panel discussions for The Library Journal, Authors Guild, the Harlem Book Fair and many others.

He is known to have broken the news that Seth Godin was ditching traditional publi ...more

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Average rating: 3.56 · 1,142 ratings · 261 reviews · 45 distinct works

	Forever My Lady 3.53 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Um … Mommy, I Think I Flushed My Brother Down The Toilet by Jeff Rivera (Goodreads Author), Danko Herrera (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sing to Me \| A Love Story: Rock Star Romance (True Love Never Ends Book 1) by Jeff Rivera (Goodreads Author), Jeff Rivera (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Two Uncles by Jeff Rivera (Goodreads Author), Tariq Saeed (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Um ... Mommy, I Think I Flushed My Brother Down the Toilet, again 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	African American Romance \| CHAINS: Book 1: African American Women's Fiction (The Complete Series \| African American Literature) by Jeff Rivera (Goodreads Author), D.J. Natelson (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Matter What: A Short Novel 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stinky Binkie Baby Stevie by Jeff Rivera (Goodreads Author), Danko Herrera (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Um ... I Think I Flushed Mommy Down the Toilet (Um … Mommy, I Think I Flushed My Brother Down The Toilet Series Book 3) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Ain't Got You 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“write what readers want to read, which isn’t necessarily what you want to write.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

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Beta Reader Group — 29834 members — last activity 5 hours, 20 min ago
A place to connect writers with beta readers. A cliche is just one of the things to look out for while writing. They can slip in unnoticed and ruin a ...more

Nicholas Sparks Novels — 2194 members — last activity Aug 24, 2025 03:21PM
This group has been created in order to recommend and discuss the beautiful novels of Nicholas Sparks. If you love Sparks, you'll love this group. Jo ...more

First Readers (Beta Readers) — 658 members — last activity Jul 02, 2026 07:17AM
Reciprocal first reading of finished work. (Prior to e-publishing or sending off to agent/publisher.)

Good YA Series — 2164 members — last activity Jun 08, 2022 07:48AM
Welcome to Good YA Series. This book club is for teens and adults who love to read mostly paranormal young adult book series (as you can tell from the ...more

Riverdale Ave Books — 188 members — last activity Feb 27, 2021 11:12AM
Book discussion group for readers who love erotic romance, erotica, M/M, LGBT, paranormal, horror, science fiction and fantasy and pop culture titles ...more

Young Adult Contemporary Romance — 4406 members — last activity Feb 27, 2025 11:49PM
"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once-John Green...The Fault In Our Stars “The best love is the kind that awakens the ...more

Calling All Teen and YA Book Reviewers! — 25 members — last activity Jun 07, 2013 03:36AM
Hello! My name is Jenna Elizabeth Johnson and I'm an author here on Goodreads. Being an independent author can be a challenge sometimes (okay, it can ...more

Clean Romances — 6006 members — last activity Jun 18, 2026 05:00AM
This group is dedicated to building a up a list of clean romance books. Not "Christian" or "Inspirational" (there are other groups for those), but goo ...more

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message 7: by Jeff

Dec 24, 2012 01:57PM

Louise wrote: "Thanks for the GR friendship, Jeff. :)"

My pleasure, Louise!

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message 6: by Jeff

Jun 15, 2012 05:49PM

Quaddriyyah wrote: "Thank you very much, Always Running, is an incredible story."

I know and the author, Luis, is the nicest guy in the world. He even endorsed my novel, Forever My Lady.

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message 5: by Jeff

Jun 15, 2012 05:49PM

Christine wrote: "thanks for being my friend and my favorite nicholas sparks book is called three weeks with my brother"

You know, I haven't read that one. Is it good?

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message 4: by Jeff

Jun 15, 2012 05:48PM

Louise wrote: "Thanks for the GR friendship, Jeff. :)"
My pleasure, Louise!

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message 3: by Cierra

Jun 13, 2012 08:31AM