Radclyffe

Radclyffe (real name Dr. Lenora Ruth Barot, born 1950 ) 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. Radclyffe is a member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame and 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. She is a 2003/04 recipient of the Alice B Readers Award for her body of work as well as a member of the Golden Crown Literary Society, Pink Ink, and the Romance Writers of America. 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. In 2015 she was a featured author in the award-winning documentary film about the romance writing and reading community, Love Between the Covers, 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. In 2021, she was named one of The Advocate 's Women of the Year.

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. She has given many workshops on the craft of writing, and in 2013, she founded the Flax Mill Creek Writers Retreat where she offers both face-to-face and online workshops to authors at all stages of development.

She lives with her partner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Dr. Lee Ligon, in Johnsonville, New York.

She is a double-boarded General/Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon who retired from medicine in 2004 to devote herself full-time to writing and publishing. Barot chooses not to type, instead using speech recognition software to write her books.

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.

Barot graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1976.

Works
The Provincetown Tales


 * Safe Harbor
 * Beyond the Breakwater
 * Distant Shores, Silent Thunder
 * Storms of Change
 * Winds of Fortune
 * Returning Tides
 * Sheltering Dunes
 * Treacherous Seas

PMC Hospital Romances


 * Passion’s Bright Fury (prequel)
 * Fated Love
 * Night Call
 * Crossroads
 * Passionate Rivals
 * Unrivaled
 * Perfect Rivalry

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

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

First Responders Novels


 * Trauma Alert
 * Firestorm
 * Taking Fire
 * Wild Shores
 * Heart Stop
 * Dangerous Waters

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 (forthcoming, 2022)

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

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."