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Greg Herren

グレッグ・ヘレン

Gureggu Heren

Pen Names: Todd Gregory（Used for erotica works）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961-08-20 （Alabama）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
New Orleans, Louisiana

Career

Occupations
writer, editor, HIV/AIDS counselor and educator
Active Years
2002-2023
Affiliations
Co-founder of Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
Nominations
2003 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery (Murder in the Rue Dauphine) and many others

Awards

Lambda Literary Award for Anthology
2007
Work: Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans
Organization: Lambda Literary Foundation
Result: Winner
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery
2008
Work: Murder in the Rue Chartres
Organization: Lambda Literary Foundation
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Murder in the Rue Chartres

2007 Gay Mystery

A mystery novel in the Chanse MacLeod series set in New Orleans. Lambda Literary Award winner.

LGBTQ+New OrleansCrime

Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans

2006 Anthology

Anthology reflecting on New Orleans, co-edited with Paul J. Willis. Lambda Literary Award winner.

New OrleansLGBTQ+

Bourbon Street Blues

2004 Gay Mystery

First in the Scotty Bradley Mysteries series, featuring a gay protagonist in New Orleans.

LGBTQ+MysteryNew Orleans

Bibliography

  • Full list includes Scotty Bradley Mysteries, Chanse MacLeod Mysteries, anthologies, erotica as Todd Gregory

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed depictions of New OrleansGay perspective in mysteries
Recurring Motifs
LGBTQ+ identityNew Orleans cultureEroticism

Legacy

American writer who won multiple Lambda Literary Awards. Writes across mystery, YA, and erotica genres. Lives in New Orleans, often setting works there. Co-founder of Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.

Trivia

  • Openly gay
  • In 2005, barred from speaking at a high school due to erotica writing, defended by ACLU
  • Works as an HIV/AIDS counselor