Greg Herren (born August 20, 1961) is an American writer and editor, who publishes work in a variety of genres, including mystery novels, young adult literature and erotica."Greg Herren: The Art of Doing It All" . Lambda Literary Foundation, June 20, 2011. He publishes work both as Greg Herren and under the pseudonym Todd Gregory.
His novel Murder in the Rue Chartres won a Lambda Literary Award in the Gay Mystery category at the 2008 Lambda Literary Awards, and his anthology Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans, co-edited with Paul J. Willis, won in the anthologies category at the 2007 Lambda Literary Awards.
He was also nominated in the mystery category in 2003 for Murder in the Rue Dauphine, in 2004 for Bourbon Street Blues in 2005 for Jackson Square Jazz, in 2007 for Mardi Gras Mambo, in 2010 for Murder in the Garden District and in 2011 for Vieux Carré Voodoo, in the anthologies category in 2005 for Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual and in the science fiction, fantasy and horror category in 2013 for the anthology Night Shadows: Queer Horror, co-edited with J.M. Redmann. As Todd Gregory, he was also nominated in the Gay Erotica category in 2010 for the anthology Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica and in 2013 for the anthology Raising Hell: Demonic Gay Erotica.
Openly gay, Herren lives in New Orleans, Louisiana,"Disney Dykes and Bourbon Street Boys: Authors Lisa Girolami and Greg Herren" . The Advocate, June 21, 2012. where he also works as an HIV/AIDS counselor and educator. He was also a co-founder of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.
In 2005, he was barred from a planned speaking engagement to the gay-straight alliance at Manchester High School in Midlothian, Virginia due to his erotic writing,"Virginia School's Move to Block Gay Speaker is Discriminatory, Says ACLU" . American Civil Liberties Union, March 10, 2005. and was defended by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Awards YearTitleAwardResultRef.2003Murder in the Rue DauphineLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist2004Bourbon Street BluesLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist2005Jackson Square JazzLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalistShadows of the NightGaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Other Work FinalistLambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and HorrorFinalist2007Love, Bourbon Street Lambda Literary Award for AnthologyWinnerMardi Gras MamboLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist2008Murder in the Rue ChartresLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryWinner2010Murder in the Garden DistrictLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist2011Vieux Carre VoodooLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist2012Night ShadowsShirley Jackson Award for Edited Anthology Finalist2013Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and HorrorFinalist2014Baton Rouge BingoLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist2020Royal Street ReveillonLambda Literary Award for Gay MysteryFinalist
Novels
Scotty Bradley Mysteries Bourbon Street Blues (2004, ) Jackson Square Jazz (2005, ) Mardi Gras Mambo (2006, ) Vieux Carré Voodoo (2010, ) Who Dat Whodunnit (2011, ) Baton Rouge Bingo (2013, ) Garden District Gothic (2016, ) Royal Street Reveillon (2019, ) Mississippi River Mischief (2023, )
Chanse MacLeod Mysteries Murder in the Rue Dauphine (2002, ) Murder in the Rue St. Ann (2004, ) Murder in the Rue Chartres (2007, ) Murder in the Rue Ursulines (2008, ) Murder in the Garden District (2009, ) Murder in the Irish Channel (2011, ) Murder in the Arts District (2014, )
Other novels Sorceress (2010, ) Sleeping Angel (2011, ) Sara (2012, ) Timothy (2012, ) Fashion Victim (2012, e-book) Lake Thirteen (2013, )
Anthologies Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual (2004, ) Midnight Thirsts: Erotic Tales of the Vampire (2004, ) Love, Bourbon Street: A Celebration of New Orleans (2006, ) Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir (2011, ) Women of the Mean Streets: Lesbian Noir (2011, ) Night Shadows: Queer Horror (2012, )
Erotica (as Todd Gregory) Every Frat Boy Wants It (2007, ) Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica (2009, ) Midnight Hunger: Erotic Tales of the Vampire (2009, ) Blood Sacraments (2010, ) Games Frat Boys Play (2011, ) Wings: Subversive Gay Angel Erotica (2011, ) Need (2012, ) Sweat: Gay Jock Erotica (2012, ) Raising Hell: Demonic Gay Erotica (2012, ) Promises in Every Star (2013, )
References
External links