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Erik Orrantia

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Born

in San Francisco, The United States

July 30, 1970

Website

http://erikorrantia.com

Genre

Gay & Lesbian, Literature & Fiction, Romance

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June 2010

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Born in San Francisco in 1970, Erik Orrantia lived in the San Francisco Bay area until 1997. By that time, he had earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counseling at California State University in Hayward. His original intention was to build a practice in psychotherapy.

He then felt a calling to explore the world and entered an International Study Program in Mexico City where he earned a teaching credential. He currently works as a middle school teacher in San Ysidro, California, along the Mexican-American border. He was voted Teacher of the Year in 2008 for his school district.

He has traveled extensively throughout Mexico. He now spends most of his time in Tijuana with his partner and dedicates his free time to w ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 1,965 ratings · 296 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves by Sarah Moon (Editor), James Lecesne, Armistead Maupin 3.92 avg rating — 1,543 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Just One Bite: Volume One (Just One Bite, #1) by Scarlet Blackwell (Goodreads Author), J.L. Merrow (Goodreads Author), Josephine Myles (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2010	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
	Normal Miguel 3.97 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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
	Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction by Timothy J. Lambert (Editor and contributor), R.D. Cochrane (Editor), Peter Ganim (Narrator) 3.81 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	The Other Man: 21 Writers Speak Candidly about Sex, Love, Infidelity, & Moving on by Paul Alan Fahey (Editor), Jeffrey Ricker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Pratt (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Day of the Dead: A Romance 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012	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
	Taxi Rojo 4.14 avg rating — 14 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
	Barbacoa 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Equinox Convergence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Blue Tiles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007 — 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

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“You will know the answer when it sits well with you. It will make you feel calm instead of apprehensive.”
― Erik Orrantia, Normal Miguel

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“Neither of these men is a woman. Rather, they stand here today representing the balance of personalities, talents and beliefs that make a relationship greater than the sum of its parts. They represent the black and the white, the strength and the delicacy, the masculine and the feminine, and the left and the right that we people can find between us and also within each of us. It is this balance that makes a relationship healthy.”
― Erik Orrantia, Normal Miguel

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Erik’s Quotes

“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

tags: indulgence, virtue

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