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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


sorry sorry – I’ve been missing and there’s no real good reason for it. Basically the short story is that Dad went into mental assessment, and was found not to need full time mental care but did need to go … Continue reading → read more »
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Average rating: 3.83 · 1,557 ratings · 343 reviews · 29 distinct works · Similar authors
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The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan
wrote this review in 2008, didn't realise I'd never posted here.

Ringil is particularly charismatic, he’s self-driven, and yet has a loyalty to his family despite his (quite justified) antagonism with his father and brothers. He’s a class fighter, but...more
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"Graeme wrote: "Sadly, I have recently read two from a "reputable" M/M publisher where the poor editing, and failure to correct well known facts was qu...more "
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The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov by Paul Russell
never finished this it was dullsville. Perhaps i'll pick it up another time and try again.
Erastes rated a book 2 of 5 stars
The Pretty Gentleman by Max Fincher
The Pretty Gentleman
by Max Fincher (Goodreads Author)
read in March, 2013
2.5 stars

I’ve been musing a while as to whether I should still be reviewing self-published books and the editing–I’m sorry to say–on this book has pushed me so close to the edge of deciding, it’s only going to take one more like this to get me to fal...more
Erastes rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Downtime by Tamara Allen
Downtime
by Tamara Allen (Goodreads Author)
read in March, 2013
Great story, memorable characters, and Allen's wonderful prose. What's not to like? There was a bit of an issue with pacing which I think would have been spotted by a publisher, but as it's self edited it was a bit inflated and had a bit of padding e...more
Erastes rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Low Between by Vivien Dean
The Low Between
by Vivien Dean (Goodreads Author)
3.5 stars

Ms Dean has had me as a fan for a good while, although it’s been a while since she published a gay historical, and I’ve missed her. This was a very enjoyable read I’m glad to say!

I love Noir, I’m a big fan of Bogart and Marlowe and Spade and...more
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"I have to say that I'd never even heard of this thing before people started discussing the controversy! Over here, this "must have" thing is fairly st...more "
Erastes rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Dominion by C.J. Sansom
I sort of finished this book and thought "well....meh?"

I was just a little confused as to what it was trying to tell me - what it wanted to achieve, what it's message was.

If it's supposed to be a genre thriller than it succeeds in that in parts as th...more
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Me and Mine by Sarah Goodwin
Me and Mine
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What it says :) Ask me anything about my writing and I will attempt to answer it if I can.
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Erastes Aleksandr wrote: "Heya & welcome!"
Thanks! Cannot work out how to add videos. This interface is NOT user friendly!


Aleksandr Voinov Heya & welcome!


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Anne Hi, Erastes - thanks for the add! Lovely to see you on here as well.

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