Janet W. Hardy | |
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![]() Janet Hardy, November 10, 2009 | |
Pen name | Catherine A. Liszt, Lady Green, Verdant, Verdie |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Subject | BDSM and sex education |
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Janet W. Hardy is an American writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press. [1] She has also been published as Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green. [2] She is the author or co-author of eleven books, and frequently collaborates with Dossie Easton. [3]
She is genderqueer (and uses she/her pronouns), bisexual, and polyamorous. [4]
During an talk to the International Online Sexology Supervisors, she stated that BDSM is a deliberate and conscious lowering of the boundaries that people typically keep between themselves and others. [5]
She received the Geoff Mains Nonfiction Book Award from the National Leather Association in 2019 for The Sexually Dominant Woman: An Illustrated Guide for Nervous Beginners, and in 2020 for Impervious: Confessions of a Semi-Retired Deviant. [9]
She is an inductee of the Society of Janus Hall of Fame. [10]