. Emerald

Emerald is an erotic fiction author interested in elevating discussion of and attention to authentic sexual experience. Informed by her appreciation of sexuality’s intrinsic beauty, value, and holistic relation to life, she is an advocate for sexual freedom, reproductive justice, and the rights of sex workers. Her short fiction has been published in more than thirty multi-author erotica and erotic romance anthologies from Cleis Press, HarperCollins Mischief, and Sweetmeats Press, among others. In 2014 she released her first single-author short story collection, If… Then: A Collection of Erotic Romance Stories, published by 1001 Nights Press. Her second collection, Safe: A Collection of Erotic Stories (1001 Nights Press), won the bronze IPPY in the Erotica category of the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards. She serves as the Facebook group moderator for Marketing for Romance Writers (MFRW) and blogs sometimes at her website.

Emerald lives in Virginia with her furry rescue family of two cats (one blind and one three-legged) and two sibling puppies from the no-kill shelter where she volunteers. The majority of her wardrobe incorporates glitter in some capacity.