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Title
Convention Materials
Date(s)
- 1992 - 2019 (Creation)
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1 box
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Biographical history
Victoria McManus is a resident of Philadelphia, PA. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, under the names Victoria Janssen and Elspeth Potter, and includes both novels and short stories. Her first novel was the alternate-world fantasy The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), which has been translated into French, German, and Russian. Her next novel, The Moonlight Mistress (2009), features the early days of World War One and werewolves; it has been translated into Italian and has an electronic-only sequel available, “Under Her Uniform.” McManus' third novel The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), is a sort-of sequel to The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover, focusing on different characters. In 2021-2022, under the name of Victoria Janssen, she released A Place of Refuge, a new science fiction queer romance space opera consisting of three books: Finding Refuge, Accepting Refuge, and Embracing Refuge.
Her first published short story was "Water Music" (2000), which appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2001 from Cleis Press, and she has since written a number of other stories that have been anthologized in various erotica collections. Her nonfiction mostly appears at the blogs Heroes and Heartbreakers (romance) and The Criminal Element (mystery, suspense, and thrillers). She also reviews anonymously for Publishers Weekly.
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Badges and Cards
Philcon '92 [Philadelphia, PA, 1992]
Philcon '95 [Philadelphia, PA, 1995]
Lunacon '96 [Rye Brook, NY, 1996]
Philcon '96 [Philadelphia, PA, 1996]
Bucconeer (WorldCon 56) [Baltimore, MD, 1998]
Philcon '98 [Philadelphia, PA, 1998]
Eclecticon '99 [Newark, NJ, 1999]
Philcon 1999 [Philadelphia, PA, 1999]
Lunacon 2000 [Rye Brook, NY, 2000]
Philcon 2000 [Philadelphia, PA, 2000]
Eclecticon 2001 [Newark, NJ, 2001]
Millennium Philcon (WorldCon 59) [Philadelphia, PA, 2001]
Lunacon 2002 [Rye Brook, NY, 2002]
Philcon 2002 [Philadelphia, PA, 2002]
Readercon 14 [Burlington, MA, 2002]
Lunacon 2002 [Rye Brook, NY, 2002]
Lunacon 2003 [Rye Brook, NY, 2003]
2003 Nebula Award Ceremony
Philcon 2003 [Philadelphia PA, 2003]
Readercon 15 [Burlington, MA, 2003]
Torcon 3 (WorldCon 61) [Toronto, ON, Canada, 2003]
WisCon 2003 [Madison, WI, 2003]
Lunacon 2004 [Rye Brook, NY, 2004]
Noreascon 4 [Boston, MA, 2004]
Philcon 2004 [Philadelphia, PA, 2004]
WisCon 2004 [Madison, WI, 2004]
Arias '05 [Boston, MA, 2005]
Boskone 42 [Boston, MA, 2005]
Capclave 2005 [Silver Spring, MD, 2005]
Gaylaxicon 2005 [Cambridge MA, 2005]
Lunacon 2005 [East Rutherford, NJ, 2005]
Philcon 2005 [Philadelphia, PA, 2005]
Readercon 16 [Burlington, MA, 2005]
Capclave 2006 [Silver Spring, MD, 2006]
Lunacon 2006 [Hasbrouck Heights, NY, 2006]
Philcon 2006 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2006]
Readercon 17 [Burlington, MA, 2006]
WisCon 2006 [Madison, WI, 2006]
Arisia '07 [Cambridge, MA, 2007]
Boskone 44 [Boston, MA 2007]
Philcon 2007 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2007]
Readercon 18 [Burlington, MA, 2007]
WisCon 2007 [Madison, WI, 2007]
World Fantasy Convention 2007 [Saratoga Springs, NY, 2007]
Gaylaxicon 20 [Bethesda, MD, 2008]
Lunacon 50 [Rye Brook, NY, 2007]
Lunacon 2008 [Rye Brook, NY, 2008]
Philcon 2008 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2008]
Readercon 19 [Burlington, MA, 2008]
WisCon 2008 [Madison, WI, 2008]
Anticipation (WorldCon 67) [Montreal, QC, Canada, 2009]
Arisia 2009 [Cambridge, MA, 2009]
Capclave 2009 [Rockville, MD, 2009]
Philcon 2009 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2009]
Arisia 2010 [Cambridge, MA, 2010]
Capclave 2016 [Gaithersburg, MD, 2016]
Arisia 2018 [Boston, MA, 2018]
Capclave 2018 [Rockville, MD, 2018]
Philcon 2018 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2018]
WisCon 2018 [Madison, WI, 2018]
Arisia 2019 [Boston, MA, 2019]
Readercon 30 [Quincy, MA, 2019]
SFWA New York Reception [undated]