Authors of Color and Culture to Explore
We have been talking about new things, new themes, new authors as we launch ourselves and our reading habits into Spring. One of my favorite authors BA Tortuga offered up a list on her FB page of some of her favorite authors of color or diversity in other areas like culture. Others soon chimed in and the list grew and grew full of wonderful recommendations and authors that I wasn’t familiar with or books I hadn’t read.
Since this has been our topic this month and really last as well, I thought it was timely and wanted to share it with all of you. Please feel free to add more. Let’s keep this list growing!
LGBTQIA* and/or Romance Authors of color or/ of different cultures(no particular order)
AE Via,
Jade Lee,
La Quette,
Tigris Eden,
Chudney Defreitas-Thomas,
Bru Baker,
Piper J Drake,
T.j. Michaels,
Nikki Prince
Avril Ashton
Cole McCade
AC Arthur
Angelicque Bautista
Jayce Ellis
Matthew Lang
Seressia Glass,
Shaila Patel,
Hildie McQueen,
Daniel José Older
Riley Hart,
N K Jemisin
Rhys Ford,
Rebekah Witherspoon,
Sherry Thomas,
Jeannine LiNina Crespo,
Stacy Reid,
Pintip Dunn,
Alisha Rai,
Xio Axelrod,
Robin Covington,
Caridad Pineiro,
Dahlia Rose,
Naima Simone
Theodora Taylor
Xio Axelrod
Falguni Kothari
Sienna Snow
Alexis Daria
Denny S. Bryce
Farrah Rochon.
Jacob Z. Flores
Angel Martinez
*I hadn’t realized how many of the authors rec’d were outside the LGBT spectrum. Smh. Double checking them now.
General Fiction Authors:
Toni Morrison, Malinda Lo, Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Beverly Jenkins, Yolanda Wallace, CB Lee, Carla de Guzman, Lydia San Andres, Sonali Dev, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Chinelo Okparanta, Alice Walker, Carla Trujillo, Marino Tamaki, Terri de la Peña, Shani Mootoo, Krystal A. Smith,Brooklyn Wallace,Reese Ryan
What’s New In LGBT Romance Fiction Giveaway?
Give us your thoughts. Maybe tell us ways in which you think it can be improved or that it has improved over the last few years. What stories have made you think? Stopped you with elements so current and relevant that it resonated with you? Leave your comments with you email address. Giveaway will continue until April 14th. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, April 8:
- Kevin Klehr on Social Media Central
- Authors of Color and Culture to Explore
- This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Monday, April 9
- DSP Promo Vicki Reese
- Release Day Blitz for Ari McKay – Like The Night
- DSP Promo Andrew Grey
- RELEASE DAY BLITZ Syncopation by Anna Zabo
- A Jeri Review: Once Burned (Anchor Point #6) by LA Witt
- A MelanieM Review: Nobody’s Prince Charming (Road to Blissville #3) by Aimee Nicole Walker
- A Lila Audiobook Review: Red Fish, Dead Fish ( Fish Out of Water #2) by Amy Lane and Greg Tremblay (Narrator)
Tuesday, April 10:
- Cover Reveal for GR Lyons ‘ Ice On Fire
- Cover Reveal – On The Ice by Amy Aislin
- Cover Reveal for Creature by Kim Fielding (Other Worlds Ink)
- Retro Review Tour – Out Of Focus by L.A. Witt
- A Jeri Review Retro Review Tour : Out Of Focus by L .A. Witt
- A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen
- A MelanieM Audiobook Review: Unlikely Hero by Sean Michael and Jeff Gelder (Narrator)
Wednesday, April 11:
- BLITZ Big Man by Matthew J. Metzger
- DSP Promo Xenia Melzer
- Spotlight Tour for Magic Runs Deep by Alex Whitehall
- A MelanieM Review Hangover From Hell by Zakarrie Clarke
- A Lucy Audiobook Review: The Secret of the Sheikh’s Betrothed by Felicitas Ivey and Simon Ferrar
- An Alisa Audiobook Review: The Supers (The Supers #1) by Sean Michael and Kenneth Obi
Thursday, April 12:
- BLOG TOUR Hug It Out by Davidson King
- BLOG TOUR Let Me In by Luna David
- Spotlight Tour for Once Burned by LA Witt (Anchor Point #6)
- A Free Dreamer Review: Dusk (Expedition 63 #1) by T.A. Creech
- An Alisa Review: Oliris by S. Neff
- A Lila Audiobook Review: The Gryphon King’s Consort by Jenn Burke and Andrew McFerrin
Friday, April 13:
- DSP Dreamspun Promo Kim Fielding on A Full Plate
- Review Tour – Garrett Leigh’s Soul To Keep (RH #2)
- Review Tour – Captain Merric by Rebecca Cohen
- A MelanieM Review : Captain Merric by Rebecca Cohen
- A MelanieM Review: Soul to Keep (Rented Heart universe) by Garrett Leigh
- An Alisa Review: Timtuk Canyon Ranch (Mojave Mountain Wolves, #1) by A.J. Llewellyn
- A Lucy Review: Eyes Wide Open by VM Sanford
Saturday, April 14:
- RELEASE BLITZ – Rising Tide by Bryce Winters
- Release Blitz – Kris T Bethke – Beholden
- A MelanieM Review: Lessons in Chasing the Wild Goose by Charlie Cochrane
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 
Thanks for this great list. Many I didn’t know of, others I didn’t know were of color. I didn’t see some, including the Lambda winner I already rec’d in a previous post plus other Lambda noms (I’m guessing, but maybe b/c they are outside the “mainstream” M/M romance genre? But they all still have romance.). So here are a few more LGBTQ authors of color (also with a book I’d rec):
– E. Lynn Harris (In My Father’s House)
– Victor Yates (A Love Like Blood)
– James Earl Hardy (B-Boy Blues)
– B.A. Binns (Minority of One)
– Lee Hayes (Passion Marks)
– Charles Rice-González, Charles (Chulito)
– Erik Orrantia (Normal Miguel)
– Suilan Lee (Kiss Me to Spring Time)
– Atom Yang (Red Envelope)
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Oh yeah, I also wanted to comment about how things have changed/improved. I’ve noticed there’s been more authors moving to self-publishing, even before the Riptide “hassle.” There are multiple reasons, and I think its an improvement. That’s not saying publishing houses don’t have their own benefit, but I think it allows for fresh competition and more diversity with authors being able to put out work that might not be published otherwise, getting more control of their work, not having to pay a percentage, and maybe even allowing more freedom to write their own voice.
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