Sherri Browning Erwin (born October 8, 1968) is an American
novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
, best known for
literary mash-ups,
paranormal romance
Paranormal romance is a subgenre of both romantic fiction and speculative fiction. Paranormal romance focuses on romantic love and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, blending together themes from the speculative fiction ...
, and
historical romance
Historical romance is a broad category of mass-market fiction focusing on romantic relationships in historical periods, which Walter Scott helped popularize in the early 19th century.
Varieties Viking
These books feature Vikings during the Da ...
.
Biography
Sherri Browning Erwin was born on October 8, 1968, in
Holyoke, Massachusetts
Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,238. Located north of Springfield ...
. She graduated from
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States.
...
in 1990 with a
B.A.
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
in
English literature
English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...
. In 1999, her first book, ''The Scoundrel's Vow'', was published by
Dell Books
Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, ''I Confess'', and s ...
. She currently lives in
Connecticut
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with her husband and two children.
In 2010, she released ''Jane Slayre'', a mash-up
parody
A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subj ...
of
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...
which added
vampires
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths ...
,
werewolves
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely or ...
, and other such
supernatural
Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...
elements to the original story. The book was released during the literary mash-up trend started by
Seth Grahame-Smith's hit
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
''Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' is a 2009 parody novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. It is a mashup combining Jane Austen's classic 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice'' with elements of modern zombie fiction, crediting Austen as co-author. It was fir ...
, and was cited by reviewers as a positive example of the trend. ''Jane Slayre'' was generally well-received, and received a follow-up, ''
Grave Expectations'', a year later.
In 2014, she began the ''Thornbrook Park'' series, a historical romance trilogy set in the post-
Edwardian era
The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history spanned the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910 and is sometimes extended to the start of the First World War. The death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 marked the end of the Victori ...
. The final novel in the series, ''The Great Estate'', was released in July 2015.
Published works
Novels
*''The Scoundrel's Vow'' (1999/Aug) (Dell)
*''Once Wicked'' (2000/July) (Dell)
*''To Hell with Love'' (2007/Apr) (
Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
)
*''Naughty or Nice'' (2008/Oct) (Kensington)
*''Jane Slayre'' (2010/Apr) (
Gallery
Gallery or The Gallery may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Art gallery
** Contemporary art gallery
Music
* Gallery (band), an American soft rock band of the 1970s
Albums
* ''Gallery'' (Elaiza album), 2014 album
* ''Gallery'' (Gr ...
)
*''Grave Expectations'' (2011/Aug) (Gallery)
*''Thornbrook Park'' (2014/June) (
Sourcebooks
Sourcebooks, Inc., is an independent book publisher located in Naperville, Illinois. The company publishes books, ebooks, and digital products, and is one of the 20 largest publishers in the United States.
History
The company was founded in 19 ...
)
*''An Affair Downstairs'' (2015/Jan) (Sourcebooks)
*''The Great Estate'' (2015/July) (Sourcebooks)
Anthology work
*"Fade to Black" - part of ''The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance'' (2009/June) (
Running Press
Running Press is an American publishing company and member of the Perseus Books Group. The publisher's offices are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with many of the corporate functions taking place in Perseus' New York City headquarters. I ...
)
*"Mr. Sandman" - part of ''The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance 2'' (2009/June) (Running Press)
*Foreword, ''FEAR: A Modern Anthology of Horror and Terror Volume 2'' (2012/Sep)
E-books
*''Once Wicked'' (2014/March) (Self-published rerelease)
*''The Scoundrel's Vow (2014/May) (Self-published rerelease)''
External links
*http://www.sherribrowningerwin.com
*http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/288167.Sherri_Browning_Erwin
References
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1968 births
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
Living people
21st-century American women writers
Writers from Holyoke, Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke College alumni