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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]]
* [[Wikipedia:Ovid|Ovid]] -- Roman author famous for the ''[[Wikipedia:Ars Amatoria|Ars Amatoria]]''
* [[Larry Townsend]] -- author of the ''[[Leatherman's Handbook]]'' and ''Stalked: An Anatomy of Sexual Obsession (1999)''
* [[Two Knotty Boys]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vatsyayana|Vatsyayana]] -- famous for the ''[[Kama Sutra]]''
* [[Jay Wiseman]]  -- author of [[SM 101|SM 101: A Realistic Introduction]]
* [[Violet Blue]] author of a number of guides.

== Fiction ==

*[[Laura Antoniou]] -- author of ''The Marketplace''
*[[Aran Ashe]]
*[[Georges Bataille]] -- author of ''The Story of The Eye'' 
* [[Wikipedia:Catherine Robbe-Grillet|Jean de Berg]] (also, Jeanne de Berg and Catherine Robbe-Grillet)
*[[Penny Birch]]
*[[Pat Califia|Pat (later, Patrick) Califia]] -- author of ''[[Macho Sluts]]''
* [[Wikipedia:Jaqueline Carey|Jaqueline Carey]] -- Fantasy fiction author
*[[Wikipedia:John Cleland|John Cleland]] -- author of ''[[Wikipedia:Fanny Hill|Fanny Hill]]''
* [[Anne Gray]] -- bondage author.
*[[Wikipedia:Robert A Heinlein|Robert A Heinlein]] -- Science fiction author often credited with popularising modern [[polyamory]].
* [[Wikipedia:Laurell K. Hamilton|Laurell K. Hamilton]] -- author of the Anita Blake novels.
* [[Adrian Hunter]] -- (BDSM and bondage).
*[[Wikipedia:James Joyce|James Joyce]] -- author of ''[[Wikipedia:Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''
*[[Arabella Knight]]
*[[Wikipedia:D. H. Lawrence|D. H. Lawrence]] -- author of ''[[Wikipedia:Lady Chatterley's Lover|Lady Chatterley's Lover]]''
*[[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch]] -- author of ''[[Venus in Furs]]''
*[[Wikipedia:Henry Miller|Henry Miller]] -- author of ''[[Wikipedia:Tropic of Cancer (novel)|Tropic of Cancer]]''
*[[Wikipedia:Anais Nin|Anais Nin]]
* [[John Norman]]  -- best known for the "Chronicles of [[Gor]]"
* [[John Preston]]  --  best known for his [[homosexual]] [[Leather subculture|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''
* [[John Savage]], bondage expert and novelist
*[[Wendy Swanscombe]]
* [[Cecilia Tan]] -- see her [http://www.ceciliatan.com/bio.html official page] for a short biography.
*[[Wikipedia:Mark Twain|Mark Twain]] -- author of ''[[Wikipedia:1601 (Mark Twain)|1601]]''
*[[Tyjord]] -- American author of bondage stories.
*[[Wikipedia:Zane|Zane]]

==Poetry==

*[[Wikipedia:Catullus|Catullus]] -- Roman erotic poet
*[[Wikipedia:Sextus Propertius|Sextus Propertius]] -- Roman poet
*[[Wikipedia:Sappho|Sappho]] -- Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos who wrote love poetry to young women.

== Autobiography ==
* [[Belle de Jour]], blogger
* [[Vanessa Duriès]], author of ''Le lien''
* [[Dollie llama]], author of ''Diary of an S&M Romance'' and podcaster

==See also==
*[[Poems]]
*[[Stories]]

== External links ==
* [http://spankingart.org/wiki/List_of_spanking_authors List of spanking authors]

[[Category:Literature]]