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Erastes

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url

http://www.goodreads.com/Erastes

born

Rochford, The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://www.erastes.com/

twitter username

erastes

genre

Gay & Lesbian, Historical Fiction

influences

Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Robert A. Heinlein, Alexander Renault

member since

June 2007

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Born in Essex, England in 1959, Erastes attended Southend High School for Girls.

Erastes is the penname of a female author who lives in Norfolk, UK. She drew her inspiration to write historical fiction from works such as Gaywyck by Vincent Virga and the novels of Mary Renault. Erastes was the Director of the Erotic Authors Association for two years and is an active member of the Historical Novel Society. She is the moderator of Speak Its Name, an influential blog dedicated to gay historical fiction.

Erastes has been writing since 2003, and details of all her books and short stories can be found on her website.

Her second novel, "Transgressions," was one of the flagship releases by Running Press in their M/M Historical Romance line which is bei...more

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Books by Erastes

Average rating: 3.86 · 1,162 ratings · 276 reviews · 29 distinct works

	Standish 3.64 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Frost Fair 3.65 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Transgressions 3.81 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Muffled Drum 3.91 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mere Mortals 3.97 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Junction X 4.62 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Last Gasp by Erastes (Goodreads Author), Charlie Cochrane (Goodreads Author), Jordan Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Night Moves: Volume I by Erastes (Goodreads Author), Kira Stone, Matt Brooks 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	A Brush with Darkness 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	In Honorem (1866) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	My rating:

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The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov

by Paul Russell

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Christmas Wishes

by J.P. Bowie

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The Stranger's Child

by Alan Hollinghurst

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Erastes is currently reading: The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov by Paul Russell	My rating:
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Erastes is currently reading: Christmas Wishes by J.P. Bowie	My rating:
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Erastes gave to: The Absolutist by John Boyne read in May, 2012	My rating:
I was immediately drawn to the book because it’s partly set in my stamping ground of Norfolk. The protagonist Tristan is on his way to Norwich at the beginning to meet a mysterious someone or other which is nicely protracted until it needs to be reve...more
May 28, 2012 12:13am · see review
Erastes gave to: The Walled Garden by F.M. Parkinson	My rating:
I’m in two minds about this book. While I have to say I appreciated most of the writing–which is deliberately done in an old-fashioned, if not quite Victorian style–this book annoyed me quite a lot for various reasons. Firstly nothing much happens and...more
May 27, 2012 07:02am · see review
Erastes gave to: Death of a Pirate King (Adrien English Mystery, #4) by Josh Lanyon (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Erastes gave to: Snowball in Hell (Doyle and Spain, #1) by Josh Lanyon (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Erastes gave to: Shattered Glass (Shattered Glass, #1) by Dani Alexander (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2012	My rating:
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Erastes gave to: Alike As Two Bees by Elin Gregory (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

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Black Blade Blues by J.A. Pitts

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Ask me anything! Want to ask about research? Men's undergarments through the ages? Unsure about one of my plots or endings? Just ask.

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