Sherri Browning Erwin
{{short description|American novelist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name = Sherri Browning Erwin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|8|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
| language = English
| nationality = American
| occupation = Novelist
| period = 1999–present
| genre = {{Flatlist|
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| notableworks = Jane Slayre, Thornbrook Park series
| education = Mount Holyoke College (BA)
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtholyoke.com/books/enames.html|title=Books by Mount Holyoke alumnae|website=Mount Holyoke College}}{{cite web| last = Harper| first = Molly| title = Guest Interview: Sherri Erwin! | date = 10 Mar 2010| url = http://singleundeadfemale.blogspot.com/2010/03/guest-interview-sherri-erwin.html}} 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.{{cite web| title = Sherri Browning Erwin - About | url = http://www.sherribrowningerwin.com/about/}}
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.{{cite web| last = Bernal| first = Gina| title = Literary Monster Mashups: The Publishing Trend That Won't Die| date = 10 May 2010| url = https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/05/10/literary-monster-mashups-the-publishing-trend-that-wont-die/}}{{cite web| title = Book List: Jane Austen monster mashups (for better or for worse)| url = http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/list-jane-austen-does-the-monster-mashup-for-better-or-worse/}} Jane Slayre was generally well-received, and received a follow-up, Grave Expectations, a year later.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7430962-jane-slayre|title=Jane Slayre: The Literary Classic with a Blood-Sucking Twist|website=Goodreads}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/series/97391-thornbrook-park|title=Thornbrook Park series|website=Goodreads}}
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)
External links
- http://www.sherribrowningerwin.com
- http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/288167.Sherri_Browning_Erwin
References
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American women novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers