Steven Saylor

Steven Saylor (born March 23, 1956) is an American author of historical novels. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics.

Saylor's best-known work is his

Saylor has also written two novels set in Texas. A Twist at the End, featuring O. Henry, is set in Austin in the 1880s and based on real-life serial murders and trials (the case of the so-called Servant Girl Annihilator). Have You Seen Dawn? is a contemporary thriller set in a fictional Texas town, Amethyst, based on Saylor's hometown, Goldthwaite, Texas.

Saylor contributed autobiographical essays to three anthologies of gay writing edited by

Saylor has lived with Richard Solomon since 1976; they registered as domestic partners in San Francisco in 1991 and later dissolved that partnership in order to legally marry in October 2008. The couple split their time between properties in Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas.^[1]

Bibliography

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Roma Sub Rosa series

Listed in publication order. For a chronological listing, see the separate Roma Sub Rosa article.

• Roman Blood (1991), in which Gordianus is hired by the great orator and advocate Cicero in 80 BC. Like several novels in the series, this one is based on a trial oration by Cicero, in this case In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Ameria (Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino).
• Crassus, is set during the slave revolt of Spartacus
  in 72 BC.
• Catilina's Riddle (1993), featuring Cicero and the title character, Catilina
  , is set during his rebellion in 63 BC.
• The Venus Throw (1995), featuring the poet Catullus, is set during the trial of Marcus Caelius in 56 BC for the murder of Dio of Alexandria.
• A Murder on the Appian Way (1996), set just before the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, focused on the murder of the rabble-rouser Publius Clodius Pulcher on the Appian Way outside Rome.
• The House of the Vestals (1997), a collection of nine short stories which take place between the first novel and the second, during the period 80-72 BC.
• Rubicon (1999), in which Caesar crosses the Rubicon
  and the members of the Senate flee Rome, plunging the Roman world into civil war.
• Last Seen in Massilia (2000) takes place in Massilia (now Marseille) during the siege of the city by Caesar's troops.
• A Mist of Prophecies (2002) is set in the city of Rome during the Roman civil war.
• The Judgment of Caesar (2004) takes place in Egypt, when Caesar met queen Cleopatra in 48 BC.
• A Gladiator Dies Only Once (2005), another collection of short stories which take place between the first novel and the second.
• The Triumph of Caesar (2008) is set in Rome during Caesar's triumphal celebrations in 46 BC.
• The Seven Wonders (2012), a fix-up novel, is a prequel recounting the journey of the young Gordianus to see the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  beginning in 92 BC.
• "Ill Seen in Tyre" (2014), in the cross-genre anthology
  The Seven Wonders
• Raiders of the Nile (2014) is a direct sequel to The Seven Wonders, about the further adventures of young Gordianus in Egypt and a plot to steal the golden sarcophagus of Alexander the Great, set in 88 BC.
• Mithridates the Great
  , set in 88 BC.
• The Throne of Caesar (2018) is set in Rome during Caesar's murder in March 44 BC.