Steven Saylor

Steven Saylor is an American author of historical novels, best known for the Roma Sub Rosa series, a run of mysteries set in the late Roman Republic and starring the investigator Gordianus the Finder. The series began with Roman Blood in 1991.

He has also written the sweeping Rome novels Roma, Empire and Dominus, and two Texas-set novels, A Twist at the End and Have You Seen Dawn? Born in Port Lavaca, Texas, he grew up in Goldthwaite and studied history and classics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Before turning to historical fiction he published gay erotic fiction under the pen name Aaron Travis. He divides his time between Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas.