LAILA BLAKE (lailablake.com) is an author, linguist and translator. She writes character-driven love stories, cofounded the micropublishing venture Lilt Literary and blogs about feminism and society. Laila’s body of work encompasses literary erotica, romance and speculative fiction. Her short stories have been featured in numerous anthologies.
JILLIAN BOYD (ladylaidbare.com) is the author of numerous erotic short stories and has been published by the likes of Cleis Press, House of Erotica and Constable and Robinson. She lives with her adorable boyfriend in London, where she blogs, bakes and dreams about wild, uninhibited romance while hanging the laundry.
RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL (rachelkramerbussel.com) is the editor of The Big Book of Orgasms; Cheeky Spanking Stories; Flying High: Sexy Stories from the Mile High Club; Irresistible: Erotic Romance for Couples and more. She writes about sex, dating, books and pop culture, teaches erotic writing workshops and tweets @raquelita.
Born in one country, raised in a second and living in a third, J. CRICHTON is a teacher and translator who uses her jet-setting experiences as inspiration for steamy writing. She is a firm believer in chasing dreams, happy endings and great sex.
CLAIRE DE WINTER is a published novelist and recovering attorney. She lives in the industrial Midwest with her husband and two small children.
EMERALD’s erotic fiction has been featured in anthologies published by Cleis Press, Mischief and Logical-Lust. She’s an assistant newsletter editor and Facebook group moderator for Marketing for Romance Writers (MFRW) and blogs about sexuality from psychological, social and spiritual perspectives at her website, The Green Light District (TheGreenLightDistrict.org).
TAMSIN FLOWERS (tamsinflowers.com) writes lighthearted erotica, often with a twist in the tale and a sense of fun. Her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and usually, she’s working on at least ten stories at once.
MIA HOPKINS is a Los Angeles-based writer of romance and erotic fiction. Her work has been featured by Clean Sheets, Go Deeper Press, and Cleis Press. If she had a choice, her death row meal would be oysters, whiskey, a baguette, and a giant cake with bolt cutters baked inside.
SKYLAR KADE (skylarkade.com) writes erotic romance, usually of the kinky persuasion. She lives in California and spends her time asking the cabana boys to bring her more mimosas and feed her strawberries while she dreams up her next naughty adventure.
H. KEYES is an art aficionado and punk rocker living in Japan. She’s into design, tattoos, kimono, decadent history and window-shopping all around Tokyo.
RENEE LUKE is a multi-published award-winning author, who has written for several houses, but is now self-publishing. She writes stories with rich texture, deep emotions and realist characters. She creates stories where sensual seduces erotic and believes in love, romance and happily-ever-afters.
KIM STRATTFORD (kimstrattford.com) lives in Northern Virginia with two cats and a whole cast of characters in her head. She has stories accepted to Powerless Against You: A Romantic Superhero Anthology from New Mourning Publishing and Roane Publishing’s Summer’s Embrace anthology.
ALEX TOBIN (tobinwords.com) lives in Portland, OR, with a huge collection of great books and terrible movies. When not dreaming of the grand marketing scheme that will bring his works to the attention of the world, Alex can be found procrastinating about writing and laughing in the face of looming deadlines.