VALERIE ALEXANDER lives in Los Angeles. Her work has previously been published in Best of Best Women’s Erotica, The Big Book of Domination, Best Lesbian Erotica and other anthologies.
LOUISE BLAYDÜN is a writer and academic who loves cats too much. She writes m/m and f/f fiction primarily, but has been known to dabble. She lives in the country with an ever-increasing number of pets.
HARPER BLISS is a lesbian fiction author of romantic and erotic stories with varying degrees of hotness. She lives on an outlying island in Hong Kong with her wife and, regrettably, zero pets.
CHEYENNE BLUE’s (cheyenneblue.com) erotic fiction has been included in over ninety anthologies since 2000. She is the editor of Forbidden Fruit: Stories of Unwise Lesbian Desire. She now writes, runs, makes bread and cheese and drinks wine by the beach in Queensland, Australia.
EMILY L. BYRNE (writeremilylbyrne.blogspot.com) lives in lovely Minneapolis with her wife and the two cats that own them. She toils in corporate IT by day, and writes as much of the rest of the time as possible.
SOSSITY CHIRICUZIO (sossitywrites.com) is a queer femme outlaw poet, a working-class sex radical storyteller—what her friends’ parents often referred to as a bad influence, and possibly still do. A 2015 Lambda Fellow, her recent publications include: Adrienne, Wilde, Glitterwolf, Salacious, Say Please and Leather Ever After.
R. G. EMANUELLE’s (rgemanuelle.com) published works include Twice Bitten, Add Spice to Taste and short stories in numerous anthologies. She coedited the Lambda Award Finalist anthology All You Can Eat: A Buffet of Lesbian Erotica & Romance, as well as Unwrap These Presents and Skulls and Crossbones.
ROSE DE FER’s stories have appeared in Best Women’s Erotica 2014, The Mammoth Book of Erotic Romance & Domination, Hungry for More, The Big Book of Submission, Red Velvet & Absinthe, Darker Edge of Desire, A Princess Bound and numerous Mischief anthologies including Underworlds, Submission and Forever Bound. She lives in England.
FRANKIE GRAYSON, a longtime lover of the literary dark arts, is thrilled that her first published erotic story is with Best Lesbian Erotica: 20th Anniversary Edition. More to come.
D. L. KING (dlkingerotica.blogspot.com), is the editor of the Lambda Literary Award winner and gold medalist, The Harder She Comes, Lammy Finalist Where the Girls Are, and She Who Must Be Obeyed: Femme Dominant Lesbian Erotica, among others. Find her in various editions of Best Lesbian Erotica, and many other titles.
ANNABETH LEONG (annabetherotica.com) is frequently confused about her sexuality but enjoys searching for answers. Her work appears in dozens of anthologies, including Summer Love: Lesbian Stories of Holiday Romance. She is the author of the butch-femme BDSM novella Heated Leather Lover.
ROSE P. LETHE is a corporate copyeditor, copywriter, and watcher of cat videos. After completing an MFA in creative writing, she found she could no longer stomach “serious literature” and has since turned to more enjoyable creative pursuits.
MEGAN MCFERREN enjoys exploring queer history through erotic romance, and illuminating the love that once dared not speak its name. Texan by birth and New Yorker by choice, she has contributed stories to anthologies from Torquere Press and The Liz McMullen Show Publications.
JEAN ROBERTA (jeanroberta.com) teaches English and creative writing in a Canadian university. She writes erotica, fantasy, historical fiction, drama, poetry and nonfiction. She channeled Dr. Athena Chalkdust in Best Lesbian Erotica 2001, 2005, and 2009.
TERESA NOELLE ROBERTS started writing stories in kindergarten, and she hasn’t stopped yet. A prolific author of short erotica, she’s also a published poet and fantasy writer. BDSM-spiced contemporary romances, hot paranormals and spicy science fiction romances are her favorite novels to write. When not writing, she gardens like a fiend.
SINCLAIR SEXSMITH (sugarbutch.net) is a genderqueer kinky butch writer who teaches and performs, specializing in sexualities, genders and relationships. Sinclair’s gender theory and queer erotica is widely published, and they edited Best Lesbian Erotica 2012 and Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica, and wrote Sweet & Rough: Sixteen Stories of Queer Smut.
ANNA WATSON is a piece of tired-ass pimento baloney in the white bread sandwich of her teenage sons and elderly parents, and yet she bravely soldiers on, writing and publishing as much butch/femme smut as possible. She’s pretty sure she deserves a femme medal of valor, and is just waiting for the awarding body to appear.