# Greg Herren

Greg Herren (born August 20, 1961) is an American writer and editor, who publishes work in a variety of genres, including mystery novels, young adult literature and erotica. He publishes work both as Greg Herren and under the pseudonym Todd Gregory.
His novel Murder in the Rue Chartres won a Lambda Literary Award in the Gay Mystery category at the 2008 Lambda Literary Awards, and his anthology Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans, co-edited with Paul J. Willis, won in the anthologies category at the 2007 Lambda Literary Awards.
He was also nominated in the mystery category in 2003 for Murder in the Rue Dauphine, in 2004 for Bourbon Street Blues in 2005 for Jackson Square Jazz, in 2007 for Mardi Gras Mambo, in 2010 for Murder in the Garden District and in 2011 for Vieux Carré Voodoo, in the anthologies category in 2005 for Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual and in the science fiction, fantasy and horror category in 2013 for the anthology Night Shadows: Queer Horror, co-edited with J.M. Redmann. As Todd Gregory, he was also nominated in the Gay Erotica category in 2010 for the anthology Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica and in 2013 for the anthology Raising Hell: Demonic Gay Erotica.
Openly gay, Herren lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he also works as an HIV/AIDS counselor and educator. He was also a co-founder of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.
In 2005, he was barred from a planned speaking engagement to the gay-straight alliance at Manchester High School in Midlothian, Virginia due to his erotic writing, and was defended by the American Civil Liberties Union.

## Awards

| Year | Title | Award | Result |
| 2003 | Murder in the Rue Dauphine | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Finalist |
| 2004 | Bourbon Street Blues | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Finalist |
| 2005 | Jackson Square Jazz | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Finalist |
| 2005 | Shadows of the Night | Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Other Work | Finalist |
| 2005 | Shadows of the Night | Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror | Finalist |
| 2007 | Love, Bourbon Street | Lambda Literary Award for Anthology | Winner |
| 2007 | Mardi Gras Mambo | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Finalist |
| 2008 | Murder in the Rue Chartres | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Winner |
| 2010 | Murder in the Garden District | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Finalist |
| 2011 | Vieux Carre Voodoo | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Finalist |
| 2012 | Night Shadows | Shirley Jackson Award for Edited Anthology | Finalist |
| 2013 | Night Shadows | Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror | Finalist |
| 2014 | Baton Rouge Bingo | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Finalist |
| 2020 | Royal Street Reveillon | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery | Finalist |

## Novels
### Scotty Bradley Mysteries

* Bourbon Street Blues (2004, ISBN 978-0758202130)
* Jackson Square Jazz (2005, ISBN 978-0758202154)
* Mardi Gras Mambo (2006, ISBN 978-0758208309)
* Vieux Carré Voodoo (2010, ISBN 978-1602821521)
* Who Dat Whodunnit (2011, ISBN 978-1-60282-225-2)
* Baton Rouge Bingo (2013, ISBN 978-1602829541)
* Garden District Gothic (2016, ISBN 978-1626396678)
* Royal Street Reveillon (2019, ISBN 978-1635555462)
* Mississippi River Mischief (2023, ISBN 978-1636793542)

### Chanse MacLeod Mysteries

* Murder in the Rue Dauphine (2002, ISBN 978-1555835859)
* Murder in the Rue St. Ann (2004, ISBN 978-1555838171)
* Murder in the Rue Chartres (2007, ISBN 978-1555839666)
* Murder in the Rue Ursulines (2008, ISBN 978-1593500955)
* Murder in the Garden District (2009, ISBN 978-1593501051)
* Murder in the Irish Channel (2011, ISBN 978-1602825840)
* Murder in the Arts District (2014, ISBN 978-1626392069)

### Other novels

* Sorceress (2010, ISBN 978-0984531813)
* Sleeping Angel (2011, ISBN 978-1602822146)
* Sara (2012, ISBN 978-1602826748)
* Timothy (2012, ISBN 978-1602827608)
* Fashion Victim (2012, e-book)
* Lake Thirteen (2013, ISBN 978-1602828940)

### Anthologies

* Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual (2004, ISBN 978-1560233947)
* Midnight Thirsts: Erotic Tales of the Vampire (2004, ISBN 978-0758206633)
* Love, Bourbon Street: A Celebration of New Orleans (2006, ISBN 978-1555839819)
* Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir (2011, ISBN 978-1-60282-240-5)
* Women of the Mean Streets: Lesbian Noir (2011, ISBN 978-1602822412)
* Night Shadows: Queer Horror (2012, ISBN 978-1602827516)

### Erotica (as Todd Gregory)

* Every Frat Boy Wants It (2007, ISBN 978-0758217196)
* Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica (2009, ISBN 978-1602820920)
* Midnight Hunger: Erotic Tales of the Vampire (2009, ISBN 978-0758235367)
* Blood Sacraments (2010, ISBN 978-1602821903)
* Games Frat Boys Play (2011, ISBN 978-0758247421)
* Wings: Subversive Gay Angel Erotica (2011, ISBN 978-1602825659)
* Need (2012, ISBN 978-0758267153)
* Sweat: Gay Jock Erotica (2012, ISBN 978-1602826694)
* Raising Hell: Demonic Gay Erotica (2012, ISBN 978-1602827684)
* Promises in Every Star (2013, ISBN 978-1602827875)