Paranormal romance
Dark fantasy
Dark futuristic
Steampunk as VIOLA CARR
Rock star romance as ENYA HUNT
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About Erica
Erica Hayes writes edgy supernatural suspense and dark, spicy paranormal romance. Her books have earned award nominations, starred reviews and the creepy, cultish devotion of an army of zombified readers poised to shamble… actually, she can’t back that last one up, but hey, a girl’s gotta have a dream.
Erica currently resides in the “murder capital of Australia” (coincidence? we think not) and if she’s not writing, she’s probably crouching alone in a darkened cinema watching scary movies, dancing in the street like an obsessive dark hero isn’t stalking her, or screaming her throat raw in some sweaty metal mosh pit.
She also writes steampunk murder mysteries as Viola Carr – and is pleased to introduce her new not-so-secret identity, writing gritty rock star romance as Enya Hunt.
You can read Erica’s AI policy here.
Erica is represented by the Stringer Literary Agency.
AI Policy
I am a real human. My name is Erica. The picture in the bio is of me. I write under various pen names as listed on this site from time to time.
I and all my pen names use MS Word (including the inbuilt spell checker) and my actual human brain to write my books. I do not use generative AI to write text, to plot my books, or for editing. I know where the em dash key is and I intend to use it. And if there’s a mistake in my book, it’s a mistake. I didn’t put it there to prove I am not an AI.
I sometimes use LLMs to research factual information relevant to my stories, and book marketing information. Meaning, I search the Internet for things, like everyone else. I don’t hate AI. I just refuse to make so-called “art” with it.
I made this website using purchased royalty-free stock images and fonts. I made my ‘coming soon’ placeholder from a free Canva template without added generative AI elements.
All my book cover art is either: 1) commissioned by traditional publishers pre-AI (yes, I’m that old!); 2) made by me with stock images and old-school Adobe Photoshop; 3) created by human artists to whom I have paid actual money. To the best of my knowledge and belief, my covers contain no AI-generated images.
Any ebooks created by me are formatted in Vellum (the ebook software, not the AI platform).