Radclyffe

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Len Barot
Born1950 (age 74–75)
Pen name
  • Radclyffe, L.L. Raand
OccupationWriter Publisher Editor
NationalityAmerican
GenreLesbian contemporary romance and erotica, sapphic paranormal romance
Website
boldstrokesbooks.com

Radclyffe (real name Dr. Lenora Ruth Barot, [1] [2] born 1950 [3] ) 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. [4] [5] Radclyffe is a member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame [6] 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. [7] [8] 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. [9] In 2015 she was a featured author in the award-winning documentary film about the romance writing and reading community, Love Between the Covers, [10] 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. [11] In 2021, she was named one of The Advocate 's Women of the Year, [12] and in 2022, she was named to the Out100. [13] 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." [14]

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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. [15] 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, [4] in Johnsonville, New York.

She is a double-boarded General/Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon who retired from medicine in 2004 [15] to devote herself full-time to writing and publishing. Barot chooses not to type, instead using speech recognition software to write her books. [16]

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. [17]

Barot graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1976. [1]

Literary awards and honors

YearWorkAwardResultRef.
2024Fire in the Sky Golden Crown Literary Award for Contemporary Romance (with Julie Cannon)Winner
2022UnrivaledGolden Crown Literary Award finalistFinalist
2020Cost of HonorRWA/GDRWA Booksellers' Best AwardWinner
2018Secret HeartsRWA/Orange County Book Buyers Best Award1st place [18]
2017The Color of Love Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary RomanceWinner [19]
Heart Stop Foreword Reviews' INDIES for RomanceFinalist [20]
Foreword Reviews' INDIES for LGBT FictionFinalist [20]
2016Price of HonorRWA/Orange County Book Buyers Best for Suspense & Mystery with Romantic Elements1st place [18]
2014Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist PrizeWinner [21] [22]
Against Doctor's Orders Foreword Reviews' INDIES for RomanceFinalist [23]
Best Lesbian Romance Golden Crown Literary Award for Anthology/CollectionsWinner [24] [25]
Code of Honor Golden Crown Literary Award for Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/AdventureWinner [25]
Homestead Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary RomanceWinner [19] [25]
Myth and Magic Foreword Reviews' INDIES for LGBT FictionFinalist [26]
2013Homestead Foreword Reviews' INDIES for RomanceFinalist [27]
OMG Queer Over the Rainbow List for Middle/Early Young Adult NonfictionSelection [28]
Golden Crown Literary Award for Anthology/CollectionsWinner [24]
Women of the Dark Streets Golden Crown Literary Award for Anthology/CollectionsWinner [24]
2012Blood Hunt Volusia County Romance Writers' Laurel Wreath AwardWinner
Crossroads Foreword Reviews' INDIES for RomanceWinner (bronze) [29]
OMG Queer Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Gay & LesbianFinalist [30]
2011Best Lesbian Romance Lambda Literary Award for Anthology Finalist [31]
Firestorm Foreword Reviews' INDIES for RomanceWinner (silver) [32]
Trauma Alert IPPY Award for RomanceWinner (silver) [33]
2010In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica Winner [34]
Trauma Alert Foreword Reviews' INDIES for RomanceFinalist [35]
2009 Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame [36]
Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica Winner [31]
Justice for All Foreword Reviews' INDIES for MysteryFinalist [37]
The Lonely Hearts Club Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance Finalist [31]
Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Short StoryFinalist [38]
2008Erotic Interludes 5: Road Games Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian EroticaWinner [39]
In Deep Waters: Cruising The Seas Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian EroticaWinner [39]
Night Call Foreword Reviews' INDIES for Gay & LesbianWinner [40]
When Dreams Tremble Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance Finalist [41]
2007Erotic Interludes 4: Extreme Passions Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian EroticaWinner [42]
Promising Hearts Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary RomanceWinner [19] [42]
Turn Back Time Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance Finalist [43]
2006Distant Shores, Silent Thunder Lambda Literary Award for Romance Winner [44]
Justice Served Golden Crown Literary Award for Mystery / Action / Adventure / ThrillerWinner [45]
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery Finalist [44]
Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica Winner [44]
2005Fated Love Golden Crown Literary Award for Traditional Contemporary RomanceWinner [19] [46]
Justice in the Shadows Golden Crown Literary Society Award for Mystery / Action / Adventure / ThrillerWinner [46]
2004 Alice B Readers Award Winner [47]

Works

The Provincetown Tales

Honor Series

Justice Series

PMC Hospital Romances

First Responders Novels

Rivers Community Romances

Red Sky Ranch Romances (with Julie Cannon)

Romances

Short Fiction

Midnight Hunters Series (Writing as L.L. Raand)

Edited Anthologies

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." [48] [49]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dr. Lenora Barot, MD – Plastic Surgeon in Voorhees, NJ – Plastic Surgery". Vitals.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ "AfterEllen.com - A Survey of the Lesbian Fiction Publishing Industry …". archive.ph. June 30, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "WebVoyage". United States Copyright Office.
  4. 1 2 2.1K views · 42 reactions | LBTC Bonus Clip - Radclyffe and her partner on how they met | Radclyffe and her partner Lee told us this story of how they met. Spoiler: it involves The X-Files! :) Love Between the Covers is now available on... | By Love Between the Covers | Facebook . Retrieved April 21, 2025– via www.facebook.com.
  5. ↑ LBTC Bonus Clip - Raclyffe's extended bio | Radclyffe's bio needed to be trimmed slightly to fit into the final film, so we're delighted to be sharing this extended version from one of our rough... | By Love Between the Covers | Facebook . Retrieved April 21, 2025– via www.facebook.com.
  6. ↑ "Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Award Winners - Golden Crown Literary Society". www.goldencrown.org.
  8. ↑ "Lambda Literary Awards". lambdaliterary.org. Lambda Literary.
  9. ↑ "Lambda Literary Awards - Mid-Career Novelist Prize". lambdaliterary.org. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Love Between the Covers". Love Between the Covers. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  11. ↑ Radclyffe - RWA Romance Trailblazer, July 26, 2019 | The Romance Writers of America honored Radclyffe as a romance trailblazer at this year's RITA Awards. | By BOLD STROKES BOOKS | Facebook , retrieved August 18, 2022
  12. ↑ "A Salute to Amazing LGBTQ+ Women of 2021". www.advocate.com. April 13, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Out100 2022: LGBTQ+ Literary and Publishing Stars". www.out.com. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Revealing the 2025 Curve Power List - CURVE". April 6, 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Meet Publisher Len Barot". Ninc.com. September 1, 2010. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  16. ↑ Patricia Farrell (October 7, 2004) Plastic surgeon by day Archived December 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine Provincetown Banner. Retrieved on May 26, 2007.
  17. ↑ "The Post-Star, Glen Fall, New York : Monday, February 17, 1969" (PDF). Fultonhistory.com. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  18. 1 2 "BBB Past Winners". Orange County Romance Writers. December 15, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Award Winners for Traditional Contemporary Romance". Golden Crown Society. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  20. 1 2 ""Heart Stop" is a 2017 Foreword INDIES Finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  21. ↑ Inciarte, Gustavo (April 29, 2014). "Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist and Emerging Writer Winners Announced?". QUEER ME UP. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  22. ↑ Molloy, Parker Marie (April 29, 2014). "Lambda Literary Foundation Honors Four Prominent LGBT Writers". Advocate. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  23. ↑ ""Against Doctor's Orders" is a 2014 Foreword INDIES Finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  24. 1 2 3 "Award Winners for Anthology/Collections (Non-Erotica)*". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  25. 1 2 3 "Award Winners of 2014". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  26. ↑ ""Myth and Magic" is a 2014 Foreword INDIES Finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  27. ↑ ""Homestead" is a 2013 Foreword INDIES Finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  28. ↑ "2013 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. January 28, 2013. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  29. ↑ ""Crossroads" is a 2012 Foreword INDIES Winner". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  30. ↑ ""OMG Queer" is a 2012 Foreword INDIES Finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  31. 1 2 3 "Previous Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  32. ↑ ""Firestorm" is a 2011 Foreword INDIES Winner". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  33. ↑ "2011 Medalists". Independent Publisher Books Awards. September 18, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  34. ↑ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (February 18, 2010). "21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  35. ↑ ""Trauma Alert" is a 2010 Foreword INDIES Finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  36. ↑ "Radclyffe, author of Slicker than Slik". Bold Strokes Books. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  37. ↑ ""Justice for All" is a 2009 Foreword INDIES Finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  38. ↑ ""Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets" is a 2009 Foreword INDIES Finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  39. 1 2 "Award Winners of 2008". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  40. ↑ ""Night Call" is a 2008 Foreword INDIES Winner". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  41. ↑ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2007). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  42. 1 2 "Award Winners of 2007". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  43. ↑ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2006). "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  44. 1 2 3 Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 9, 2005). "18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  45. ↑ "Award Winners of 2006". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  46. 1 2 "Award Winners of 2005". Golden Crown Literary Society. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  47. ↑ "Past Alice B Medal Winners". The Alice B Awards. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  48. ↑ "Love Between the Covers". Love Between the Covers. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  49. ↑ "Love Between the Covers". Vimeo.
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