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
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[citation needed]
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, Franch 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[1]
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
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
Alison Tyler, pseudonymous American author, editor and publisher of erotica
Mollena Williams-Haas, American writer, BDSM educator, actress, and former International Ms. Leather
Jay Wiseman, American BDSM author, educator, and expert witness
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