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December 2019 Addendum
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- 2003 - 2011 (Creation)
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1 box
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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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Series V: Convention Materials
5-3/1: World Fantasy Convention 29 [Washington, DC, 2003]
5-3/2: Lunacon 2004 [Rye Brook, NY, 2004]
5-3/3: Noreascon 4 (WorldCon 62) [Boston, MA, 2004]
5-3/4: Readercon 15 [Burlington, MA, 2004]
5-3/5: WisCon 28 [Madison, WI, 2004]
5-3/6: Capclave 2005 - 2006 [Silver Spring, MD, 2005 - 2006]
5-3/7: Gaylaxicon 2005 [Cambridge, MA, 2005]
5-3/8: Lunacon 2005 [East Rutherford, NJ, 2005]
5-3/9: Readercon 16 [Burlington, MA, 2005]
5-3/10: WisCon 29 [Madison, WI, 2005]
5-3/11: Arisia '05 [Boston, MA 2005]
5-3/12: Boskone 42 [Boston, MA, 2005]
5-3/13: Lunacon 2006 [Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, 2006]
5-3/14: Philcon 2006 - 2007 [Philadelphia, PA, 2006 - 2007]
5-3/15: Readercon 17 [Burlington, MA, 2006]
5-3/16: WisCon 30 [Madison, WI, 2006]
5-3/17: Arisia '07 - '08 [Cambridge, MA, 2007 - 2008]
5-3/18: Boskone 44 [Boston, MA, 2007]
5-3/19: Capclave 2007 - 2009 [Rockville, MD, 2007 - 2009]
5-3/20: Lunacon 50 [Rye Brook, NY, 2007]
5-3/21: Readercon 18 [Burlington, MA, 2007]
5-3/22: WisCon 31 [Madison, WI, 2007]
5-3/23: World Fantasy Convention 33 [Saratoga Springs, NY, 2007]
5-3/24: Arisia 2008 [Boston, MA, 2008]
5-3/25: Gaylaxicon 2008 [Bethesda, MD, 2008]
5-3/26: Lunacon 51 [Rye Brook, NY, 2008]
5-3/27: Philcon 2008 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2008]
5-3/28: Readercon 19 [Burlington, MA, 2008]
5-3/29: Romance Writers of America Annual National Conference, 2008 - 2011
5-3/30: WisCon 32 [Madison, WI, 2008]
5-3/31: Anticipation (WorldCon 67) [Montreal, QC, Canada, 2009]
5-3/32: Arisia 2009 [Cambridge, MA, 2009]
5-3/33: Philcon 2009 - 2011 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2009 - 2011]