Radclyffe
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Radclyffe (real name Dr. Lenora Ruth Barot,[1][2] born 1950[3]) is an American author of lesbian romance, paranormal romance, erotica, and mystery. She has authored multiple short stories, written fan fiction, and edited numerous anthologies.[4][5][6] Radclyffe is a member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame[7] and a founder of the Golden Crown Literary Society. She has won numerous literary awards, including the RWA/GDRWA Booksellers' Best award, the RWA/Orange County Book Buyers Best award, the RWA/New England Bean Pot award, the RWA/VCRW Laurel Wreath award, the RWA/FTHRW Lories award, the RWA/HODRW Aspen Gold award, the RWA Prism award, the Golden Crown Literary Award, and the Lambda Literary Award.[8][9] She is a 2003/04 recipient of the Alice B Readers Award for her body of work. In 2014, the Lambda Literary Foundation awarded Barot with the Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist award acknowledging her as an established author with a strong following and the promise of future high-quality work.[10] In 2015 she was a featured author in the award-winning documentary film about the romance writing and reading community, Love Between the Covers,[11] from Blueberry Hill Productions. In 2019 she was named a Trailblazer in Romance by the Romance Writers of America, for her works of LGBTQ+ fiction.[12] In 2021, she was named one of The Advocate's Women of the Year,[13] and in 2022, she was named to the Out100.[14] In April 2025, Radclyffe was named to the 2025 Curve Power List, which "celebrates LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals making seismic shifts in North America-shaping culture, policy, and social change."[15]
Len Barot | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 74–75) |
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| Occupation | Writer Publisher Editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Lesbian contemporary romance and erotica, sapphic paranormal romance |
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| boldstrokesbooks | |
Barot founded the independent LGBTQ+ publishing company Bold Strokes Books in 2004, whose mission is to publish quality works of LGBTQ+ fiction and to create visibility and opportunities for own-voices authors.[16] She has given many workshops on the craft of writing, both face-to-face and online, to authors at all stages of development.
She lives with her wife, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Dr. Lee Ligon,[4] in Johnsonville, New York.
She is a double-boarded General/Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon who retired from medicine in 2004[16] to devote herself full-time to writing and publishing. Barot chooses not to type, instead using speech recognition software to write her books.[17]
Early life and education
Barot was valedictorian of the June 1968 graduating class of Hudson Falls High School in Hudson Falls, New York, after which she attended the State University of New York at Albany.[18]
Barot graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1976.[1]
Literary awards and honors
| Year | Work | Award | Result | Ref. | |
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| 2024 | Fire in the Sky | Golden Crown Literary Award for Contemporary Romance (with Julie Cannon) | Winner | ||
| 2022 | Unrivaled | Golden Crown Literary Award finalist | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Cost of Honor | RWA/GDRWA Booksellers' Best Award | Winner | ||
| 2018 | Secret Hearts | RWA/Orange County Book Buyers Best Award | 1st place | [19] | |
| 2017 | The Color of Love | Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance | Winner | [20] | |
| Heart Stop | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance | Finalist | [21] | ||
| Foreword Reviews' INDIES for LGBT Fiction | Finalist | [21] | |||
| 2016 | Price of Honor | RWA/Orange County Book Buyers Best for Suspense & Mystery with Romantic Elements | 1st place | [19] | |
| 2014 | Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize | Winner | [22][23] | ||
| Against Doctor's Orders | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance | Finalist | [24] | ||
| Best Lesbian Romance | Golden Crown Literary Award for Anthology/Collections | Winner | [25][26] | ||
| Code of Honor | Golden Crown Literary Award for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure | Winner | [26] | ||
| Homestead | Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance | Winner | [20][26] | ||
| Myth and Magic | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for LGBT Fiction | Finalist | [27] | ||
| 2013 | Homestead | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance | Finalist | [28] | |
| OMG Queer | Over the Rainbow List for Middle/Early Young Adult Nonfiction | Selection | [29] | ||
| Golden Crown Literary Award for Anthology/Collections | Winner | [25] | |||
| Women of the Dark Streets | Golden Crown Literary Award for Anthology/Collections | Winner | [25] | ||
| 2012 | Blood Hunt | Volusia County Romance Writers' Laurel Wreath Award | Winner | ||
| Crossroads | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance | Winner (bronze) | [30] | ||
| OMG Queer | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Gay & Lesbian | Finalist | [31] | ||
| 2011 | Best Lesbian Romance | Lambda Literary Award for Anthology | Finalist | [32] | |
| Firestorm | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance | Winner (silver) | [33] | ||
| Trauma Alert | IPPY Award for Romance | Winner (silver) | [34] | ||
| 2010 | In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica | Winner | [35] | |
| Trauma Alert | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance | Finalist | [36] | ||
| 2009 | Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame | [37] | |||
| Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica | Winner | [32] | ||
| Justice for All | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Mystery | Finalist | [38] | ||
| The Lonely Hearts Club | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | Finalist | [32] | ||
| Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Short Story | Finalist | [39] | ||
| 2008 | Erotic Interludes 5: Road Games | Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica | Winner | [40] | |
| In Deep Waters: Cruising The Seas | Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica | Winner | [40] | ||
| Night Call | Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Gay & Lesbian | Winner | [41] | ||
| When Dreams Tremble | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | Finalist | [42] | ||
| 2007 | Erotic Interludes 4: Extreme Passions | Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica | Winner | [43] | |
| Promising Hearts | Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance | Winner | [20][43] | ||
| Turn Back Time | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | Finalist | [44] | ||
| 2006 | Distant Shores, Silent Thunder | Lambda Literary Award for Romance | Winner | [45] | |
| Justice Served | Golden Crown Literary Award for Mystery / Action / Adventure / Thriller | Winner | [46] | ||
| Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery | Finalist | [45] | |||
| Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2 | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica | Winner | [45] | ||
| 2005 | Fated Love | Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance | Winner | [20][47] | |
| Justice in the Shadows | Golden Crown Literary Society Award for Mystery / Action / Adventure / Thriller | Winner | [47] | ||
| 2004 | Alice B Readers Award | Winner | [48] |
Works
Summarize
Perspective
The Provincetown Tales
- Safe Harbor
- Beyond the Breakwater
- Distant Shores, Silent Thunder
- Storms of Change
- Winds of Fortune
- Returning Tides
- Sheltering Dunes
- Treacherous Seas
Honor Series
- Above All, Honor
- Honor Bound
- Love & Honor
- Honor Guards
- Honor Reclaimed
- Honor Under Siege
- Word of Honor
- Oath of Honor (crossover with First Responders Novels)
- Code of Honor
- Price of Honor
- Cost of Honor
Justice Series
- A Matter of Trust (prequel)
- Shield of Justice
- In Pursuit of Justice
- Justice in the Shadows
- Justice Served
- Justice for All
PMC Hospital Romances
- Passion’s Bright Fury (prequel)
- Fated Love
- Night Call
- Crossroads
- Passionate Rivals
- Unrivaled
- Perfect Rivalry
First Responders Novels
- Trauma Alert
- Firestorm
- Taking Fire
- Wild Shores
- Heart Stop
- Dangerous Waters
Rivers Community Romances
- Against Doctor’s Orders
- Prescription for Love
- Love on Call
- Love After Hours
- Love to the Rescue
- Love on the Night Shift
- Pathway to Love
- Finders Keepers
Red Sky Ranch Romances (with Julie Cannon)
- Fire in the Sky
- Wild Fire
Romances
- Innocent Hearts
- Promising Hearts
- Love’s Melody Lost
- Love’s Tender Warriors
- Tomorrow’s Promise
- Love’s Masquerade
- shadowland
- Turn Back Time
- When Dreams Tremble
- The Lonely Hearts Club
- Secrets in the Stone
- Desire by Starlight
- Homestead
- The Color of Love
- Secret Hearts
- Only This Summer
- Fearless Hearts (forthcoming 2025)
- When Love Comes Around (with Ronica Black; forthcoming 2025)
Short Fiction
- Collected Stories by Radclyffe
- Erotic Interludes: Change Of Pace
- Radical Encounters
- Stacia Seaman and Radclyffe, eds.:
- Erotic Interludes Vol. 2–5
- Romantic Interludes Vol. 1–2
- Breathless: Tales of Celebration
- Women of the Dark Streets
- Amor and More: Love Everafter
- Myth & Magic: Queer Fairy Tales
Midnight Hunters Series (Writing as L.L. Raand)
- The Midnight Hunt
- Blood Hunt
- Night Hunt
- The Lone Hunt
- The Magic Hunt
- Shadow Hunt
- Rogue Hunt
- Enchanted Hunt
- Primal Hunt
Edited Anthologies
- Best Lesbian Romance 2009
- Best Lesbian Romance 2010
- Best Lesbian Romance 2011
- Best Lesbian Romance 2012
- Best Lesbian Romance 2013
- Best Lesbian Romance 2014
- Best Lesbian Romance of the Year, Vol 1 (2015)
- In Deep Waters 1: Cruising the Seas
- In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip
- OMG Queer
Video
Radclyffe is featured in the documentary Love Between the Covers, "An entertaining and inspiring look into the billion-dollar romance fiction industry and its powerhouse of female writers and readers, a sisterhood that’s pioneering the digital revolution while finding fortune, fulfillment, and a global community."[49][50]
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