The professional details
USA Today Bestselling Author Erica Monroe writes dark, gritty historical romance. Her current series include Gothic Brides (Gothic Regency romances), The Rookery Rogues (pre-Victorian gritty working class romance), and Covert Heiresses (Regency spies who are the children of a duke). She was a finalist in the published historical category for the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Romantic Suspense, and her books have been recommended reads at Fresh Fiction, Smexy Books, Smart Bitches Trashy Books, and All About Romance. When not writing, she works as an editor of romance novels. She loves coffee, wine, comic books, and television. She lives in the suburbs of North Carolina with her husband, two dogs, and two cats.
You can join her special reader group, Daring Dames, here.
Erica is a member of Romance Writers of America. She is also part of the indie author collaborative Red Door Reads, and one of the authors at A Touch of Intrigue Facebook group for historical romance readers.
The social media details
Read Erica’s social media policy here
Erica loves to procrasti…er, discuss books online. Follow her newsletter to learn about upcoming sales and new books. You can reach her at Twitter (ericajmonroe), Facebook (ericamonroeauthor) or Facebook page (ericamonroewrites), Tumblr (ericamonroewrites), Instagram (ericamonroewrites), Goodreads (regencyerica) or Pinterest (regencyerica). She’s got a special reader’s group called Daring Dames, run through Facebook.
Of these, she prefers Facebook for communication, Twitter for randomly checking once a week, Instagram for fun pictures, Pinterest for book storyboards/recipes/outfit suggestions/everything under the sun, and Tumblr to keep up with her four hundred fandoms. She pins and tumbles an ungodly amount of things. On Tumblr, she either posts sixty posts about TV shows in one day or nothing at all. She does not answer Goodreads messages.
The not-so-serious details
Erica Monroe has the vocabulary of a hardened sailor and a soul forged by fire. She’s a feminist, a revolution girl, and an unrepentant fangirl. Her obsessions are varied but passionate, ranging from comic books (Batgirl and Birds of Prey are her favorites), nitty gritty factoids about crime in nineteenth century England (if it’s about thieves, prostitutes, or murderers, she’s there), or television (too many shows to name). She speaks often in GIFs and all caps.
The long list of things I adore
I love the following, in no particular order. A season mark indicates how far I’ve watched in the show (or in some cases, how many season I liked). In some cases, I’ve indicated my favorite author when it’s a comic book series.
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- Birds of Prey (particularly the Chuck Dixon and Gail Simone runs)
- Batgirl (Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Kane, Stephanie Brown)
- Oracle (Barbara Gordon)
- Oracle/Nightwing (or Batgirl/Nightwing)
- Black Canary/Green Arrow (Comics version – NOT CW)
- DC Superhero Girls
- Star Wars Rebels
- Agent Carter
- Batwoman (Williams and Blackman OR Rucka)
- Bob’s Burgers
- Captain Marvel
- Lady Mechanika
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Jessica Jones
- Daredevil (TV show)
- Star Wars
- Luke Cage
- Jane Austen
- Futurama
- Agatha Christie
- Kastle (Frank Castle/Karen Page from Daredevil)
- Riverdale
- Bughead (Jughead Jones/Betty Cooper from Riverdale)
- Elizabeth Peters, Amelia Peabody
- Star Trek (preferably Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Romance novels – historical romance, paranormal romance, romantic suspense
- Historical Mysteries
- The X-Files
- Stranger Things
- Pretty Little Liars (seasons 1-5)
- Castle (seasons 1-5)
- Chuck
- G.I. Joe comics (Dixon volumes in particular)
- Harlequin Intrigues and Harlequin Romantic Suspense
- Skeletons
- Alfred Hitchcock movies
- I Love Lucy
- Rogue One
- Bewitched
- Addams Family (movies and TV series)
- I Dream of Jeannie
- Parks of Recreation
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Munsters
- Stitchers
- Camstein (Cameron and Kirsten from Stitchers)
- Roswell
- Michael and Maria from Roswell
- Bates Motel
- Dylan/Emma from Bates Motel
- Difficult People
- Liv and Maddie
- Alias (seasons 1-2)
- Mulan
- The Emperor’s New Groove
- Anastasia
- Beauty and the Beast
- Monster High (preferably, before reboot)
- Hotel Transylvania (TV series and movies)
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
- Hercules (Disney movie)
- Supernatural (seasons 1-5)
- General Hospital
- All My Children
- Charmed
- The Princess Bride
- Blackish
- Modern Family
- The Hollow
- Stretch Armstrong and the Freedom Fighters
- That 70’s Show (1-7)
- Fringe
- Taylor Swift
- Kim Possible
- Burn Notice
- Boy Meets World
- Resident Evil Movies
- Friends
- The Mummy and the Mummy Returns
- Scream Movies
- Zombieland
- Rush Hour
- Clue
- Shakespeare
- Ultraviolet
- Diablo II and III
- Gothic romance
- Sense8
- Torchlight
- Nikita
- Wonder Woman (movie, comic book character)
- Leverage
- Hercule Poirot
- League of Super Evil
- Cupcake and Dino: General Services
- Disenchantment
- Gaslight Anthem
- Jane Eyre
- LegendQuest
- West Side Story
- Audrey Hepburn
- Justice League Dark
- Zatanna Zatara
- DC Bombshells
- Black Canary
- Red Hood
- Huntress (DC comics)
- Black Widow
- MCU
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- Cooking shows
- Magic the Gathering
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Mighty Magiswords
- OK-KO, Let’s be Heroes
- Gravity Falls
- Lucifer
- 3 Below: Tales of Arcadia
- Zak Storm
- Wynonna Earp
- Disney’s Descendants movies
- Doll collecting
- Royal Doulton figurines
- Cleo/Deuce from Monster High
- Ghoulia Yelps from Monster High
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Phineas and Ferb
- The Awesomes
- Superstore
- Super Noobs
- Danny Phantom