About
L.A. Monteiro writes playful, spicy monster romance where every unexpected hero has a soft spot for his girl.
Expect instant chemistry, outrageous situations and romances with enough heart to make you care about the monster beneath the claws.
Writerly things (competitions, fellowships, writing programs)
Finalist in Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Opal Awards for unpublished manuscript, 2026
Third Place for RWA Spicy Bites competition, 2024
Selected for Fellowship at Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers’ Centre, 2024
Winner of RWA Spicy Bites competition, 2023
Selected for Emerging Writer’s Program, Peter Cowan Writers’ Centre, 2022-2023
Winner of KSP Writers’ Centre’s ‘Spooky stories’ competition, 2020 (under a different pen name)
Shortlisted for the Writing WA ‘Flashing the Cover’ award, 2020 (under a different pen name)