List of BDSM authors

This is a list of notable authors of fiction and/or non-fiction works about BDSM. For other notable people associated with BDSM, see List of people associated with BDSM.

• Solace Ames, American author of erotic fiction
• Laura Antoniou, writing as Sara Adamson, author of The Marketplace series of novels
• Pablo Neruda ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Go Arisue, Japanese bondage artist and author
• Guy Baldwin, psychotherapist and author known for his work on BDSM and sexual related issues
• William Bayer, crime fiction writer who often creates BDSM-oriented characters, and deals with BDSM themes
• Violet Blue, American journalist, author, editor, advisor, and educator
• Gloria Brame, American sexologist, writer and sex therapist
• Rachel Kramer Bussel, American author, columnist, and editor, specializing in erotica
• Patrick Califia, American writer of non-fiction essays about sexuality and of erotic fiction and poetry
• Casey Calvert, American pornographic actress and film director
• Greta Christina, American atheist, blogger, speaker, and author ^{[1] [2]}
• David Aaron Clark, American author, musician, pornographic actor, and pornographic video director
• John Cleland, English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
• Oniroku Dan, Japanese author of popular SM novels
• Tess Danesi, American sex educator, blogger, and writer of BDSM erotica
• Tony DeBlase, American leatherman and zoologist, sometimes writing as Fledermaus
• Samuel R. Delany, American author and literary critic^{[ citation needed ]}
• Anne Desclos, French writer also writing as Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage, author of Story of O
• Vanessa Duriès, French novelist, author of The Ties That Bind
• Dossie Easton, American author and family therapist, author of The Ethical Slut
• Stephen Elliott, author of My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up
• Melissa Febos, American writer, professor and former dominatrix, author of the memoir Whip Smart
• Bob Flanagan, American performance artist and writer known for his work on sadomasochism
• Maîtresse Françoise, also writing as Annick Foucault, French dominatrix and author
• Mary Gaitskill ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Stefani Goerlich, American Sexologist and author of The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients, The Leather Chair: Culturally Competent Therapy from The Leather Chair, BDSM and Kink: The Basics (with Elyssa Helfer) and With Sprinkles On Top: Everything Vanilla People and Their Kinky Partners Need to Know to Communicate, Explore, and Connect ^[3]
• Jeff Gord, real name Jeffrey E. Owen, British bondage photographer and writer of erotic fiction
• Tilly Greene ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Matthias T. J. Grimme, German author and publisher of sadomasochistic literature. author of Das SM-Handbuch
• Andrei Gusev, Russian writer and journalist
• Hardy Haberman, American author, filmmaker, educator, and activist
• Laurell K. Hamilton ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Janet Hardy, American writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press
• Lee Harrington, American sexuality and spirituality educator, author, and artist
• Emma Holly, American author who specializes in writing erotic romance novels
• Trevor Jacques, Canadian author, activist, sex researcher, and IT consultant, author of On The Safe Edge: A Manual for SM Play
• Maxim Jakubowski ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Elfriede Jelinek ^{[ citation needed ]}
• V. M. Johnson, American leatherwoman, leather activist and author
• E.L. James, real name Erika Leonard, British author writing as E.L. James, author of Fifty Shades of Grey novels
• Alan Mac Clyde (1930s novelist), pseudonym of unknown author
• Alan Mac Clyde (1950s novelist), pseudonym of unknown author
• Mistress Matisse, American dominatrix
• Malcolm McKesson, American author and outsider artist
• Midori, American bondage artist
• Lord Morpheous, Canadian sex educator, author and photographer
• Charles Allen Moser, American physician, clinical sexologist, sex therapist, and sex educator
• John Norman, real name |John Frederick Lange, Jr., American academic and novelist writing as John Norman, author of the Gor series of novels
• Betty Paërl, Dutch mathematician, socialist and transgender rights activist
• John Preston, American author and editor of gay erotica
• Carol Queen, American author, editor, sociologist and sexologist
• Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, author of The Sleeping Beauty Quartet
• Catherine Robbe-Grillet, writing as Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg, author of The Image
• Pam Rosenthal, writing as Molly Weatherfield, American author of erotic historical romance novels
• Robert J. Rubel, American author and educational speaker in the field of alternative sexuality
• Gayle Rubin, American cultural anthropologist
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist, author of Venus in Furs
• Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, French nobleman, author of Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue ; Juliette , The 120 Days of Sodom and Philosophy in the Bedroom
• Ariel Sands, pseudonymous author of the sadomasochistic novel Never the Face
• Terence Sellers, American dominatrix and writer, author of The Correct Sadist: The Memoirs of Angel Stern
• Elf Sternberg, author of online erotic fiction
• Kitty Stryker, American sex educator and activist
• Gengoroh Tagame, pseudonymous Japanese manga artist
• Cecilia Tan, writer, editor, sexuality activist, and founder of Circlet Press
• Bernard J. Taylor ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Claire Thompson
• Larry Townsend, American author and activist
• Kitty Tsui, American author, poet, actor, and bodybuilder
• Mollena Williams-Haas, American writer, BDSM educator, actress, and former International Ms. Leather
• Jay Wiseman, American BDSM author, educator, and expert witness

References

1. "Greta Christina's Blog: SM". Gretachristina.typepad.com. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
2. "Greta Christina's Blog: Harder". Gretachristina.typepad.com. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
3. https://www.psychotherapy.net/interview/stefani-goerlich-becoming-kink-affirming-therapist