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Gerard, Louise

(1878-1970) UK author, almost exclusively of romances, some of them literally bodice-rippers, featuring heroines who are frequently abducted, bound, raped, and who then fall in love with the aristocratic perp; her first novel, The Golden Centipede (1910), features, on the other hand, a dominatrix white queen, a She figure who rules a Lost Race in the heart of darkest Africa. [JC]

Amelia Louise Gerard

born Basford, Nottingham: 26 March 1878

died Leicester, Leicestershire: 5 November 1970

works

• The Golden Centipede (London: Methuen and Co, 1910) [hb/]
• The Bride of the Night (London: Mills and Boon, 1930) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 21:23 pm on 26 April 2024.
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