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 a founder of the Golden Crown Literary Society. She 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. 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, and in 2022, she was named to the Out100. In April 2025, Radclyffe was named to the 2025 Curve Power List, which "celebrates LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals making seismic shifts in North America-shaping culture, policy, and social change."

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, both face-to-face and online, to authors at all stages of development.

She lives with her wife, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Dr. Lee Ligon,

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.

The Color of Love Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance Winner

Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance Finalist Foreword Reviews' INDIES for LGBT Fiction Finalist Against Doctor's Orders Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance Finalist Best Lesbian Romance Golden Crown Literary Award for Anthology/Collections Winner Code of Honor Golden Crown Literary Award for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure Winner

Homestead Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance Finalist

Over the Rainbow List for Middle/Early Young Adult Nonfiction Selection Golden Crown Literary Award for Anthology/Collections Winner OMG Queer Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Gay & Lesbian Finalist

Best Lesbian Romance Lambda Literary Award for Anthology Finalist Firestorm Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance Winner (silver) Trauma Alert IPPY Award for Romance Winner (silver)

In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica Winner Trauma Alert Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Romance Finalist

Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica Winner The Lonely Hearts Club Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance Finalist

Erotic Interludes 5: Road Games Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica Winner In Deep Waters: Cruising The Seas Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica Winner When Dreams Tremble Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance Finalist

Erotic Interludes 4: Extreme Passions Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica Winner Promising Hearts Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance Winner

Distant Shores, Silent Thunder Lambda Literary Award for Romance Winner Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Finalist

Fated Love Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary Romance Winner Justice in the Shadows Golden Crown Literary Society Award for Mystery / Action / Adventure / Thriller Winner 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

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

PMC Hospital Romances

Passion’s Bright Fury (prequel) Fated Love Night Call Crossroads Passionate Rivals Unrivaled Perfect Rivalry First Responders Novels Trauma Alert Firestorm Taking Fire Wild Shores Heart Stop Dangerous Waters

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 Finders Keepers Red Sky Ranch Romances (with Julie Cannon)

Fire in the Sky Wild Fire

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 Fearless Hearts (forthcoming 2025) When Love Comes Around (with Ronica Black; forthcoming 2025)

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 Primal 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."