Maxim Jakubowski
Maxim Jakubowski has for fifteen years been editing
The Mammoth Book of Erotica
series and is also highly active in the crime and mystery field. He lives in London where he writes, edits, lectures and broadcasts.
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Rachel Kramer Bussel (
www.rachelkramerbussel.com
) is an author, editor, blogger and reading series host. She’s edited over twenty anthologies, including
The Mile High Club
,
Do Not Disturb
,
Spanked
,
Tasting Him
,
Tasting Her
,
Dirty Girls
,
Crossdressing
,
Yes, Sir
,
Yes , Ma’am
and the nonfiction
Best Sex Writing 2008
and
2009.
She is currently Senior Editor at
Penthouse Variations
and writes the Dating Drama column for
TheFrisky.com
. Her writing has been published in
Best American Erotica 2004
and
2006
, as well as in
Cosmopolitan
, Huffington Post, Mediabistro,
Newsday
,
New York Post
,
Penthouse
,
Tango
,
Time Out NewYork
, the
Village Voice
and
Zink
, and has appeared on NY1 and
The Martha Stewart Show.
She blogs at
lustylady. blogspot.com
and c
upcakestakethecake.blogspot.com
Marilyn Jaye Lewis
Marilyn Jaye Lewis is the author of
Neptune and Surf
,
When Hearts Collide
and
When the Night Stood Still
, among other books. She is also editor or co-editor of
The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography
(Constable & Robinson),
Zowie! It’s Yaoi! Western Girls Write Hot Stories of Boys’ Love
(Thunder’s Mouth Press), and
Stirring Up a Storm: Tales of the Sensual, the Sexual, and the Erotic
(Thunder’s Mouth Press), among others. She was the founder of the Erotic Authors Association, the first American organization to honour literary excellence in the erotic genre, and was its Executive Director from 2001–6.
Olivia London
Olivia London is the pseudonym of a writer living in Seattle. She is currently working on a novel. Many of Ms London’s stories have appeared in the online magazine
Ruthie’s Club
.
Adriana V. López
Adriana V. López is the founding editor of
Críticas
,
Publishers Weekly
’s sister magazine devoted to the Spanish-language publishing world, and the co-editor of
Barcelona Noir
, a short story anthology for Akashic Books. López’s work has appeared in the
New York Times
, the
Los Angeles Times
and the
Washington Post
, among other publications and book anthologies. At work on her first novel, she divides her time between New York and Madrid.
www.adrianavlopez.com
Catherine Lundoff
Catherine Lundoff lives in Minneapolis with her wife. She is the award-winning author of
Night’s Kiss: Lesbian Erotica
(Lethe Press, 2009) and
Crave: Tales of Lust, Love and Longing
(Lethe Press, 2007) as well as over seventy published stories. She is also the editor of
Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories
(Lethe Press, 2008).
Nick Mamatas
Nick Mamatas is the author of two novels,
Under My Roof
and
Move Under Ground
, and over fifty short stories. His pornographic fiction has appeared in the anthology
Short and Sweet
,
Suicide Girls
, and
Fishnet
. His other fiction has appeared in literary publications such as
subTERRAIN
and
Mississippi Review
, and in science fiction/horror venues including
Weird Tales
,
ChiZine
and
Polyphony
. Much of his recent short fiction was collected in the book
You Might Sleep . . .
Sommer Marsden
Sommer Marsden is the author of
Lucky 13
,
Double Booked
,
The Mighty Quinn
and
The Seekers
trilogy, among many others. Her work has appeared in dozens of anthologies including
Best Women’s Erotica 2009
and
2010
,
Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2008
,
Love at First Sting
,
Playing With Fire
,
Spank Me
,
Bottoms Up
,
Never Have the Same Sex Twice
,
Lust at First Bite
,
Seduction
and
Liaisons
. Sommer’s work can be found all over the web, to follow her dirty antics visit her at
SmutGirl.blogspot.com
Mary Anne Mohanraj
Mary Anne Mohanraj was born in Sri Lanka, and currently lives in Chicago. Her books include
Bodies in Motion
,
Kathryn in the City
and
Torn Shapes of Desire
. She has also edited various anthologies, including
Aqua Erotica
and
Wet
. She holds a PhD in English literature from the University of Utah. In addition to her own writing, she has founded two online magazines –
Clean Sheets
(erotica) and
Strange Horizons
(SF) – as well as two organizations – the Speculative Literature Foundation and DesLit.
Alana Noel Voth
Alana Noel Voth is a single mom who lives in Oregon with her son, one dog, two cats and several freshwater fish. Her fiction has appeared in
Best Gay Erotica 2004
and
2007
;
Best American Erotica 2005
;
Best Women’s Erotica 2004
; and online at
Cleansheets
, the
Big Stupid Review
and
Literary Mama
.
Achy Obejas
Achy Obejas is the author of the novels
Ruins
(Akashic),
Days of Awe
(Ballantine) and
Memory Mambo
(Cleis), the story collection
We Came All the Way From Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?
(Cleis) and the poetry collection
This Is What Happened in Our Other Life
(A Midsummer Night’s Press). She also edited and translated the anthology
Havana Noir
(Akashic). As a journalist, she worked at the
Chicago Tribune
for over a decade, and has also written for the
Los Angeles Times
, the
Village Voice
,
Vogue
,
Playboy
,
Ms.
, the
Nation
, the
Advocate
, Nerve.com, etc. Born in Cuba, she is currently the Sor Juana Visiting Writer at DePaul University.
Elspeth Potter
Elspeth Potter/Victoria Janssen has sold more than thirty short stories and is currently writing erotic novels for Harlequin Spice, including
The Duchess, her Maid, the Groom and their Lover
and
Moonlight Mistress
(December 2009). Her website is
www.victoriajanssen.com
Carol Queen
Carol Queen is a writer, speaker, educator and activist with a doctorate in sexology. She is the author of such erotic/sexuality classics as
The Leatherdaddy and the Femme
,
Real Live Nude Girl
and
Exhibitionism for the Shy
. She is also the editor or coeditor of
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality
,
Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica
,
Best Bisexual Erotica 1
and
2
,
Sex Spoken Here
and
Five Minute Erotica
. With her partner, Robert Morgan Lawrence, she runs the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco. See
www.carolqueen.com
for more info about her.
Susan St Aubin
Susan St Aubin has been writing erotica for over twenty years, sometimes as Jean Casse. Her work has been published in
Yellow Silk
,
Libido
,
Herotica
,
Best American Erotica
,
Best Women’s Erotica
,
Best Lesbian Erotica
and many other journals and anthologies, as well as on-line at
Clean Sheets, Fishnet
and
For The Girls
. Her most recent stories are in
Best Lesbian Erotica 2009
and
Peepshow
(Rachel Kramer Brussel, ed.), published by Cleis Press in November 2009.
Lisabet Sarai
Lisabet Sarai has published five erotic novels and two short story collections and has contributed to dozens of anthologies. She also reviews erotica for Erotica Readers and Writers Association and Erotica Revealed. Visit Lisabet online at Lisabet’s Fantasy Factory (
www.lisabetsarai.com
) and Oh Get a Grip! (
http://ohgetagrip.blogspot.com
).
Lacey Savage
Lacey Savage spends her days writing corporate press releases, and her nights breathing life into her steamy fantasies. Can you guess which of the two she prefers? Lacey’s work has been widely published, both in print and in electronic format. These days, it’s a wonder Lacey manages to write at all, considering her fanatical addiction to World of Warcraft. She lives in Canada, where she heats up the frigid nights with her husband of ten years.
Lawrence Schimel
Lawrence Schimel writes in both Spanish and English, and has published over ninety books as author or anthologist, including:
The Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica
(Constable & Robinson/Carroll & Graf);
The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica
(Constable & Robinson/Carroll & Graf);
I Like it Like That: True Tales of Gay Desire
(Arsenal Pulp);
The Future is Queer
(Arsenal Pulp);
Two Boys in Love
(Seventh Window);
Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica
(Cleis); and
Fairy Tales for Writers
(A Midsummer Night’s Press), among others. He has twice won the Lambda Literary Award, for
First Person Queer
(Arsenal Pulp) and
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality
(Cleis). He lives in Madrid, Spain, where, in addition to his own writing, he works as a Spanish–English translator.
Cecilia Tan
Cecilia Ta n started Circlet Press, devoted to erotic science fiction, in 1992, with the publication of her own
Telepaths Don’t Need Safewords
. Since then she has published
The Hot Streak
(Ravenous Romance, 2009),
Black Feathers
(HarperCollins, 1998),
The Velderet
(Circlet, 2001),
Edge Plays
(EAA E-book, 2006) and
White Flames
(Running Press, 2008), as well as the
Magic University
series from Ravenous Romance. She has also edited numerous erotica anthologies including
Sex in the System
(Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006),
The MILF Anthology
(Blue Moon Books, 2005),
Cowboy Lover
(Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2007), and many, many others, including over forty anthologies for Circlet Press. Her stories, essays and articles have appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies including
Best American Erotica
,
Best Lesbian Erotica
,
Best Women’s Erotica
,
Playboy Online
,
The Mammoth Book of New Erotica
,
On a Bed of Rice
,
Dark Angels
,
Penthouse
,
Ms.
,
Asimov’s
, Nerve.com, Gothic.net,
Fenway Fiction
,
Periphery
, and many more. Find out more at
www.ceciliatan.com
Saskia Walker
Saskia Walker is an award-winning British author of sensual and erotic fiction. Her short stories have been published in over fifty anthologies and her novel-length fiction spans contemporary erotic romance to exotic fantasy. Saskia lives in the north of England on the windswept Yorkshire moors, where she happily spends her days spinning yarns.
www. saskiawalker.com
Kendra Wayne
Kendra Wayne is the pseudonym for a mysterious writer who, obviously, enjoys perverting fairy tales to her own devious ends. This is her first publication under this name, and if you can figure out who she really is, you just might win a prize.
Kristina Wright
Kristina Wright (
www.kristinawright.com
) is an award-winning author whose steamy erotica and erotic romance has appeared in over seventy-five anthologies, including the Black Lace anthologies
Seduction
,
Liaisons
and
Sexy Little Numbers
;
Bedding Down: A Collection of Winter Erotica
(Avon Red); and
Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women
(Seal Press). She is also the editor of
Fairy Tale Lust: Erotic Bedtime Stories for Women
(Cleis Press). She holds degrees in English and Humanities and spends a great deal of time writing in coffee shops.