Marlys Pearson
Encyclopedia
Marlys Pearson aka M.J. Pearson, is an American historical gay romance writer and Lambda Literary Award
nominee for her novel
The Price of Temptation. She is also a writer of short stories
, some of which have been featured in online short story websites such as The Harrow
, and was a winner of the Saugus.net Ghost Story Contest in 2004. Pearson is also the author of Discreet Young Gentleman (2006), and Helpless (2010). She currently resides in Indianapolis
with her husband and son and is working on her next book.
Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
nominee for her novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
The Price of Temptation. She is also a writer of short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...
, some of which have been featured in online short story websites such as The Harrow
The Harrow
The Harrow was an online magazine for fantasy and horror fiction, poetry, and reviews, launched in January 1998 by founder and editor-in-chief Dru Pagliassotti...
, and was a winner of the Saugus.net Ghost Story Contest in 2004. Pearson is also the author of Discreet Young Gentleman (2006), and Helpless (2010). She currently resides in Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
with her husband and son and is working on her next book.