Sherri Browning Erwin

Sherri Browning Erwin
Born (1968-10-08) October 8, 1968 (age 56)
Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationMount Holyoke College (BA)
Period1999–present
Genre
Notable worksJane Slayre, Thornbrook Park series

Sherri Browning Erwin (born October 8, 1968) is an American novelist, best known for literary mash-ups, paranormal romance, and historical romance.

Biography

Sherri Browning Erwin was born on October 8, 1968, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1990 with a B.A. in English literature.[1][2] In 1999, her first book, The Scoundrel's Vow, was published by Dell Books. She currently lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.[3]

In 2010, she released Jane Slayre, a mash-up parody of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre which added vampires, werewolves, and other such supernatural 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, and was cited by reviewers as a positive example of the trend.[4][5] Jane Slayre was generally well-received, and received a follow-up, Grave Expectations, a year later.[6]

In 2014, she began the Thornbrook Park series, a historical romance trilogy set in the post-Edwardian era. The final novel in the series, The Great Estate, was released in July 2015.[7]

Published works

Novels

  • The Scoundrel's Vow (1999/Aug) (Dell)
  • Once Wicked (2000/July) (Dell)
  • To Hell with Love (2007/Apr) (Kensington)
  • Naughty or Nice (2008/Oct) (Kensington)
  • Jane Slayre (2010/Apr) (Gallery)
  • Grave Expectations (2011/Aug) (Gallery)
  • Thornbrook Park (2014/June) (Sourcebooks)
  • 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)
  • "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)

References

  1. ^ "Books by Mount Holyoke alumnae". Mount Holyoke College.
  2. ^ Harper, Molly (10 Mar 2010). "Guest Interview: Sherri Erwin!".
  3. ^ "Sherri Browning Erwin - About".
  4. ^ Bernal, Gina (10 May 2010). "Literary Monster Mashups: The Publishing Trend That Won't Die".
  5. ^ "Book List: Jane Austen monster mashups (for better or for worse)".
  6. ^ "Jane Slayre: The Literary Classic with a Blood-Sucking Twist". Goodreads.
  7. ^ "Thornbrook Park series". Goodreads.