Author of fantasy, sci-fi, romance novels

L. E. Sterling

I was a voracious devotee of sci-fi, fantasy and romance novels all through my youth, so I suppose it doesn’t come as much of a shock that I became a writer of those genres.

My first novel, The Originals, is an homage to youth in the 1980s and the unique zeitgeist of fear and hope that lit a generation. It was my doctoral degree in English Literature that saw me circling back to commercial literature as an author. There’s something about the way postmodern literature plays with the arcane that had me utterly fascinated (fun fact: I did my PhD on magical representation) and it wasn’t long until I fell headlong back into my old ways and haven’t looked back since.

Magic has been lucky for me. The True Born Trilogy (Entangled Teen, Macmillan) was optioned for television by Glamazon Pictures. The first book in that YA/sci-fi fantasy series, True Born, was recognized internationally with the Athena Award for Excellence in Young Adult literature. I’ve appeared at BookCon (NYC), the LA Times Festival of Books, and the now (very sadly) defunct Ad Astra sci fi/fantasy convention.

I’ll tell you this much: I believe in the power of words and stories to transform our inner worlds. Whether the characters be vampires or vagabonds, a good narrative sucker punches so-called reality.

‘Real World’ Facts:

• B.A. in Creative Writing (York U)
• M.A. in Creative Writing (Concordia U)
• PhD. in English Literature (McGill U)
• Former Professor of: Creative Writing; 20th C. American; 20th C. British; Postmodernism; Postcolonial Literature; Media Studies. I’ve even taught classes on Vampire Literature and Superheroes.
• More than a decade of professional communications and editing experience.
• True Born, first book in the True Born Trilogy, was recognized with the Athena Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (paranormal) by the Young Adult Romance Writers of America (2017).
• The Trilogy was also optioned for television.
• I once wrote a monthly astrology column for a boutique communications company.