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Cecilia Tan

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Born

April 09

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Gay & Lesbian

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Susie Bright says, "Cecilia Tan is simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature." Since the publication of Telepaths Don't Need Safewords in 1992, she has been on the cutting edge of the erotic form, often combining elements of fantasy and science fiction in her work. She is also founder and editor of Circlet Press.

RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW in 2013. She has been publishing Daron's Guitar Chronicles as a web serial since 2009 and her Secrets of a Rock Star series (Taking the Lead, Wild Licks, Hard Rhy ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 10,478 ratings · 1,619 reviews · 200 distinct works • Similar authors

	Slow Surrender (Struck by Lightning, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 1,972 ratings — published 2013 — 19 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
	Slow Seduction (Struck by Lightning, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 2014 — 18 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
	Slow Satisfaction (Struck by Lightning, #3) 3.76 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 2014 — 13 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
	The Siren and the Sword (Magic University, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 504 ratings — published 2009 — 12 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
	Taking the Lead (Secrets of a Rock Star, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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
	Daron's Guitar Chronicles, Vol. 1 (Daron's Guitar Chronicles, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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
	Wild Licks (Secrets of a Rock Star, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Tower and the Tears (Magic University, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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
	The Prince's Boy: Volume One (The Prince's Boy, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2011 — 7 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
	The Incubus and the Angel (Magic University, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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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Feeling very knife-y today. Not stabby, exactly, but man, the news has just been unrelenting war, death, and aggression lately, and although things have been relatively calm where I live (compared to Minneapolis, Portland, or Chicago) I can’t help but feel like we’re next.

I had an Uber driver a couple of weeks ago — white guy, trucker hat, flannel shirt, came in a big SUV, and I really wasn’t sur

Series by Cecilia Tan

Struck by Lightning (3 books)
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3.79 avg rating — 3,673 ratings

Daron's Guitar Chronicles (13 books)
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Magic University (4 books)
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3.53 avg rating — 1,138 ratings

Secrets of a Rock Star (3 books)
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3.61 avg rating — 828 ratings

The Prince's Boy (2 books)
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3.67 avg rating — 304 ratings

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Bound by the Blood: An Urban Fantasy BDSM Romantic Suspense

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Good Omens The Graphic Novel

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Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #11)

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Cecilia Tan and 3 other people liked Tris Lawrence's review of Good Omens The Graphic Novel: "I have been looking forward to this graphic novel since I first heard about it, not because of the story, but because of how much I adore Colleen Doran's art. I am thankful that the Kickstarter is entirely the Terry Pratchett estate."
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Cecilia Tan recommended Automatic Noodle to Victoria Janssen Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Goodreads Author)	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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This is a delicious book in every sense of the word. It made me hungry for noodles and also made me hungry for social justice. It's wonderfully queer in a category-defying way, which also made it perfect for me. The main plot is that a group of robot ...more
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“Maybe too many of my expectations have been shaped by bad television.”
― Cecilia Tan, Magic University: The Complete Series

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“That's what I mean," Kyle said. "You know, a date, but the find-out-whether-there-will-be-a-second-date kind of date, rather than the already-committed-to-giving-a-relationship-a-try kind of date.”
― Cecilia Tan, Magic University: The Complete Series

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