TRISTAN TAORMINO (
tristantaormino.com and puck-erup. com) is an award-winning author, columnist, editor, sex educator, and feminist pornographer. She is the author of seven books:
Secrets of Great G-Spot Orgasms and Female Ejaculation, The Big Book of Sex Toys, The Anal Sex Position Guide,
Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships,
The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn and Perversion , and
Down and Dirty Sex Secrets. She has edited 23 anthologies, including her latest,
Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica, and was the founding series editor of 16 volumes of the Lambda Literary Award–winning anthology
Best Lesbian Erotica. She runs Smart Ass Productions, and has directed and produced more than 20 adult films, from sex education to reality porn. She has written for a multitude of publications from
Yale Journal of Law and Feminism to
Penthouse, and is a former editor of
On Our Backs and a former syndicated columnist for
The Village Voice. She has appeared in hundreds of publications and on radio and television. She lectures at top colleges and universities and teaches sex and relationship workshops around the world. She lives with her partner and their dogs in upstate New York.