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Justan Autor

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.justanautor.com/

Genre

Historical Fiction, Thriller, Humor and Comedy

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Henry Fielding
Eliza Fowler Haywood
Jane Austen
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Member Since

June 2025

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A partisan to the picaresque and pastiche. Not for fans of simple sentences.

Justan Autor came late to the wicked joy of novels, having first tried his hand at most of the civilised arts: he painted pictures, trimmed hedgerows into obedience, stitched respectable garments, and wooed a pianoforte into confessing melodies. Only thereafter did he discover that narrative mischief suited him best.

A devotee of the 18th and 19th‑century masters, he writes in a classical key with a modern tempo—history that crackles, characters with inconvenient desires, and a burlesque glint when daggers flash. His first novel ushers readers into 1790s Switzerland: mountains, intrigue, and a hero who frequently collides with his own better judgement.

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Average rating: 4.47 · 31 ratings · 24 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Volume 1: VANITY: A Satirical Historical Adventure of Amnesia & Mistaken Identity 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CONSPIRACY: A Picaresque Historical Thriller Set in the French Revolution 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox: A Swashbuckling Adventure of Highway Robbery, Conspiracy, and Revenge 4.63 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vain & Valour: Volume 2 - Veracity it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	VANITY: The Fugitive of Bern 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vain & Valour: Volume 3 - Volition 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vain & Valour: Volume 4 - Volte-face it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love & Money: A Satirical Victorian Romance & The Audacious History Of A Gentleman Highwayman by Justan Autor (Goodreads Author), Katerina Dunne (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	VANITY: The Fugitive of Bern - A Satirical Historical Adventure of Amnesia & Mistaken Identity (A Most Unlikely Hero Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Justan Autor liked Mary Yarde's review of La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox: A Swashbuckling Adventure of Highway Robbery, Conspiracy, and Revenge: "There are novels that take themselves terribly seriously, and then there are novels that can weave murder, political corruption, blackmail and conspiracy into a story in which a strategically deployed goose can prove every bit as effective as a loade" Read more of this review »
Oct 23, 2026 05:41AM · see review
Justan Autor made a comment on F.Strand’s review of La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox: A Swashbuckling Adventure of Highway Robbery, Conspiracy, and Revenge " Thank you for the glorious review :) "
Oct 20, 2026 03:08AM · see review
Justan Autor liked F.Strand's review of La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox: A Swashbuckling Adventure of Highway Robbery, Conspiracy, and Revenge: " Welcome to France, 1787, where the aristocracy is about to discover that its greatest inconvenience is itself. Meanwhile, a nobleman's daughter dons a fox mask and takes to robbing her peers of their secrets, as the narrator makes off with every z " Read more of this review »
Oct 20, 2026 03:08AM · see review
Justan Autor made a comment on Valeri Sullivan (vsulvn29)’s review of La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox: A Swashbuckling Adventure of Highway Robbery, Conspiracy, and Revenge " Thank you so much for reading & enjoying the book :) "
Oct 05, 2026 11:54PM · see review
Justan Autor liked Valeri Sullivan (vsulvn29)'s review of La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox: A Swashbuckling Adventure of Highway Robbery, Conspiracy, and Revenge: "‘Where does a person go who cannot be a person?’ Her family murdered and her home burnt to the ground, Elaine de Vauclair only lives because a servant girl in the household dragged her away before she died too, even though she swears to avenge her fal" Read more of this review »
Oct 05, 2026 11:53PM · see review
Justan Autor made a comment on Pranav Bhatnagar’s review of La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox: A Swashbuckling Adventure of Highway Robbery, Conspiracy, and Revenge " Thank you so much for reading & enjoying the book. :) "
Oct 05, 2026 11:53PM · see review
Justan Autor liked Pranav Bhatnagar's review of La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox: A Swashbuckling Adventure of Highway Robbery, Conspiracy, and Revenge: "La Renarde Noire: The Black Fox surprised me because I expected a historical adventure, but I ended up caring just as much about Éliane herself as I did about the mystery surrounding her family. From the opening carriage scene, the book has this wond" Read more of this review »
Oct 05, 2026 11:53PM · see review
Justan Autor made a comment on Sarah’s review of VANITY: The Fugitive of Bern (A Most Unlikely Hero) " Thank you, so much, for the review :) I am so glad you enjoyed it - & to go straight onto Volume 2! One of the many things I wished to capture particul ...more "
Aug 14, 2026 02:59AM · see review
Justan Autor made a comment on Robert Bordas’s review of CONSPIRACY: A Picaresque Historical Thriller Set in the French Revolution (A Most Unlikely Hero) " Thanks for the review :) "
Aug 05, 2026 07:39AM · see review
Justan Autor wants to read The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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