List of erotic authors

Revision as of 15:10, 17 August 2005

This is a list of notable authors of literature connected in some way with BDSM or fetish. (Note that some of the links on this page are to external sites.)

Manuals and guides

• Gloria G. Brame, Ph.D -- author of An Exploration of the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission and Come Hither : A Commonsense Guide To Kinky Sex.
• Dossie Easton -- co-author of The Ethical Slut
• Janet Hardy -- co-author of The Ethical Slut as Catherine A. Liszt. Also published as Lady Green.
• William A. Henkin, Ph.D -- author of "Consensual Sadomasochism"
• Fetish Diva Midori
• Ovid -- Roman author famous for the Ars Amatoria
• Larry Townsend -- author of The Leatherman's Handbook
• Vatsayana -- famous for the Kama Sutra
• Jay Wiseman -- author of SM 101: A Realistic Introduction

Fiction

• Laura Antoniou -- author of The Marketplace
• Aran Ashe
• Georges Bataille -- author of The Story of The Eye
• Jean de Berg (also, Jeanne de Berg and Catherine Robbe-Grillet)
• Penny Birch
• Pat (later, Patrick) Califia -- author of Macho Sluts
• Jaqueline Carey -- Fantasy fiction author
• John Cleland -- author of Fanny Hill
• Wikipedia:Robert A Heinlein -- Science fiction author often credited with popularising modern polyamory.
• Wikipedia:Laurell K. Hamilton -- author of the Anita Blake novels.
• Adrian Hunter -- (BDSM and bondage).
• James Joyce -- author of Ulysses
• Arabella Knight
• D. H. Lawrence -- author of Lady Chatterley's Lover
• William Levy
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch -- author of Venus in Furs
• Barry N. Malzberg -- author of Screen and writer/editor for Olympia Press
• John Norman -- best known for the "Chronicles of Gor"
• Henry Miller -- author of Tropic of Cancer
• Anais Nin
• John Preston -- best known for his homosexual leather novels
• Pauline Réage -- author of Story of O
• Anne Rice, also writing as A. N. Roquelaure
• Catherine Robbe-Grillet
• the Marquis de Sade -- author of Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue
• Wendy Swanscombe
• Cecilia Tan -- see her official page for a short biography.
• Alexander Trocchi
• Mark Twain -- author of 1601
• Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng -- author of Jin Ping Mei, or the Golden Lotus
• Li Yu -- author of The Carnal Prayer Mat
• Zane

Poetry

• Catullus -- Roman erotic poet
• Sextus Propertius -- Roman poet
• Sappho -- Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos who wrote love poetry to young women.

Autobiography

• Vanessa Duriès, author of Le lien
• Lisa B. Falour, author of "I Was For Sale": Confessions of a Bondage Model
• Nancy Friday
• Henry Spencer Ashbee, author of My Secret Life
• Frank Harris
• Catherine Millet, author of The Sexual Life of Catherine M.
• Georges Simenon

See also

• Poems