M. BIRDS is the author of “Sparks” which appeared in This Is the Way the World Ends. She writes and makes films in Vancouver, British Columbia.
ELIZABETH BLACK’s erotic fiction has been published by Xcite Books (UK), House Of Erotica (UK), Circlet Press, Ravenous Romance, Scarlet Magazine (UK), and other publishers. She lives on the Massachusetts coast with her husband, son and four cats. Parts of “Babes” appear in her novel No Restraint (Xcite Books).
LAILA BLAKE is an author, linguist and translator. She writes character-driven love stories, cohosts the podcast Lilt and blogs about writing, feminism and society. Her body of work encompasses literary erotica, romance, and speculative fiction. She lives in Cologne, Germany with her cat Nookie, loves obscure folksingers and plays the guitar.
CLAIRE DE WINTER is a novelist and recovering attorney. Her erotica has appeared in numerous anthologies. She lives in the industrial Midwest with her husband and their family.
LAUREN MARIE FLEMING (laurenmariefleming.com) takes the guilty out of pleasure. Author of Bawdy Love: 10 Steps to Profoundly Loving Your Body, Lauren speaks at conferences and colleges, teaches interactive workshops, and hosts intimate retreats all around the world.
With stories in more than forty anthologies, TAMSIN FLOWERS (tamsinflowers.com) has probably been writing erotica for far too long, but she isn’t going to stop. Having completed her yearlong Alchemy xii BDSM novella series, she’s now turning her attention to a new novel of a dark and twisty hue.
DENA HANKINS (denahankins.net) writes aboard her boat, wherever she has sailed it. After eight years as a sex educator, she started writing erotica and romances spanning the queer alphabet. Blue Water Dreams and Heart of the Liliko’i are erotic romance novels with queer and trans leads.
DARSIE HEMINGWAY landed in the wild Pacific Northwest after waving farewell to a litany of lovers in New York City. She now holes up in a tree house writing literary erotica and inventing places where she can be free to do anything and everything she dreams.
TILLY HUNTER (tillyhuntererotica.blogspot.co.uk) is a British erotica writer with a wicked imagination and a fondness for tales of ordinary folk discovering their kinks. She has had numerous stories published by the likes of Cleis Press, House of Erotica, Storm Moon Press, MLR Press and others.
MALIN JAMES is a writer with a book fetish. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best Women’s Erotica 2015, Mutha Magazine and Bust, as well as various podcasts. She is currently working on a short story collection.
REGINA KAMMER (kammerotica.com) writes erotica and historical erotic romance. She has been published by Cleis Press, Go Deeper Press, Ellora’s Cave and her own imprint, Viridium Press. She began writing historical fiction during NaNoWriMo 2006, switching to erotica when all her characters suddenly demanded to have sex.
D. L. KING (dlkingerotica.blogspot.com) is the editor of anthologies such as Carnal Machines (IPPY gold medal winner), Under Her Thumb and The Big Book of Domination (both IPPY silver medalists). Her stories can be found in Slave Girls, Bound for Trouble, Hungry for More and Fast Girls, among many others.
ANNABETH LEONG‘s (annabethleong.blogspot.com) work has appeared in more than thirty anthologies, including Best Bondage Erotica 2013 and 2014, Can’t Get Enough and Bound for Trouble. She writes erotic novels for Ellora’s Cave, Breathless Press and Sweetmeats Press.
SOMMER MARSDEN (sommermarsden.blogspot.com) is a professional dirty-word writer, gluten-free baker, sock addict, fat wiener dog walker and expert procrastinator. Called “one of the top storytellers in the erotic genre” by Violet Blue, Sommer’s the author of numerous erotic novels including Lost in You, Restricted Release, Restless Spirit and The Accidental Cougar.
REI PARDIEU (thoughtsofagrowingsub.tumblr.com) is a UK-based BDSM blogger with a love for sex toys and erotic fiction. She also adores cats, anime and spending time messing around on Tumblr. This is her first erotic publication but she hopes to write more.
OLEANDER PLUME (oleanderplume.blogspot.com) writes erotica in several genres. Her work can be found in The Women Who Love to Love Gay Romance edited by Ryan Field, Best Women’s Erotica 2014 edited by Violet Blue and Take This Man edited by Neil Plakcy.
HEDONIST SIX is an author of erotic romance based in London. Nobody’s perfect, neither are her characters, which makes them all the more relatable and well-liked by her fans. Reviewers have described her debut novel Just Another Day at the Office as heartfelt and unique within the genre.
Editor, writer, American desi and lifelong geek SULEIKHA SNYDER (suleikhasnyder.com) published her first short story in 2011. Subsequent releases include three Samhain Publishing novellas and short stories in Cleis Press’s Suite Encounters and The Big Book of Orgasms anthologies.
JADE A. WATERS (jadeawaters.com) once convinced a boyfriend that the sexiest form of foreplay was reading provocative synonyms from a thesaurus. She’s been penning erotic tales in California ever since. Her latest works are included in Best Women’s Erotica 2014 and The Big Book of Submission, both from Cleis Press.