Rachel Kramer Bussel
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| Born | 1975 (age 45–46) |
| Occupation | Author, columnist, editor & sex educator |
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Rachel Kramer Bussel (born 1975) is an author, columnist, and editor, specializing in erotica.[1] She previously studied at the New York University School of Law[2] and earned her bachelor's degree in political science and women's studies from the University of California, Berkeley.[citation needed]
Career[]
Bussel has been a Senior Editor at Penthouse Variations, a Contributing Editor to Penthouse, and a blogger for The Huffington Post.[3]
She has authored many erotic short stories and has collected her own works, as well as others', in dozens of published collections, including specialized volumes on BDSM (two volumes of Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z and the He's On Top & She's On Top collections) and lesbian erotica (Glamour Girls & First-Timers).[citation needed]
She has also co-edited a number of collections with other editors and writers, including Eliza Castle, Alison Tyler, Stacy Bias, Wendy Caster, Julie May, and Christopher Pierce.[citation needed]
In addition, she is a rotating interviewer for the Gothamist and a columnist for SexIs Magazine[4] and was the curator for a monthly erotic reading series In the Flesh in New York City, a series that ended in December 2010.[citation needed]
Personal life[]
She identifies as bisexual, saying, "I think ideally I'd like to have a male lover and a female lover, either a triad situation or one on one."[5]
Kramer has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey.[6]
Awards[]
She received the National Leather Association International’s Samois Anthology Award for 2012 for Surrender: Erotic Tales of Female Pleasure and Submission, for 2016 for Dirty Dates: Erotic Fantasies For Couples, and for 2019 for The Big Book Of Submission Volume 2.[7]
Bibliography[]
As author[]
- The Lesbian Sex Book: A Guide for Women Who Love Women with Wendy Caster (2003)
As editor[]
- First-timers: True Stories of Lesbian Awakening (2006)
- Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z (2004)
- Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex with Stacy Bias (2004)
- Caught Looking: Erotic Tales of Voyeurs and Exhibitionists (2006)
- Secret Slaves: Erotic Stories of Bondage with Christopher Pierce (2006)
- Ultimate Undies: Erotic Stories About Underwear And Lingerie with Christopher Pierce (2006)
- Sexiest Soles: Erotic Stories About Feet And Shoes with Christopher Pierce (2006)
- Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica (2006)
- Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z, Volume 2(2006)
- Crossdressing: Erotic Stories (2007)
- Hide and Seek: Erotic Stories with Alison Tyler (2007)
- He's on Top: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance and Female Submission (2007)
- She's on Top: Erotic Stories of Female Dominance and Male Submission (2007)
- Best Sex Writing 2008 (2007)
- Yes, Ma'am: Erotic Stories of Female Dominance (2008)
- Yes, Sir: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance (2008)
- Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women (2008)
- Rubber Sex: Erotic Stories (2008)
- Spanked: Red Cheeked Erotica (2008)
- Tasting Her: Oral Sex Stories (2008)
- Tasting Him: Oral Sex Stories (2008)
- Best Sex Writing 2009 (2008)
- Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories (2009)
- Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories (2009)
- Bottoms Up: Spanking Good Stories (2009)
- Peep Show: Erotic Tales of Voyeurs and Exhibitionists (2009)
- Best Sex Writing 2010 (2009)
- Please, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission (2010)
- Please, Ma'am: Erotic Stories of Male Submission (2010)
- Orgasmic: Erotica for Women (2010)
- Smooth: Erotic Stories for Women (2010)
- Passion: Erotic Romance for Women (2010)
- Best Bondage Erotica 2011 (2010)
- Hide and Seek: Erotic Stories with Alison Tyler, reissue. (2010)
References[]
- ^ Bussel, Rachel Kramer. "Living Single". TechnoDyke.com. TechnoDyke.com. Retrieved 21 March 2007.[self-published source]
- ^ Bussel, Rachel Kramer. "Jewish smut-writer available". 614: HBI eZINE. Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University. Retrieved 28 December 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Rachel Kramer Bussel (profile)". The Huffington Post. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Contributor | Award Winning Author of Erotica Rachel Kramer Bussel (profile)". edenfantasys.com. Web Merchants Inc. Retrieved 28 December 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ Bussel, Rachel Kramer (interviewee); Ehmann, Abby (interviewer). "Rachel Kramer Bussel". Eros Zine. New York: Darkside Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on 13 April 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ Sullivan, Al. "A hot night at the bookstoreWriters of women’s erotica to talk about craft and passion", The Hudson Reporter, February 5, 2017. Accessed November 3, 2017. "One of the things that former Jersey City resident Rachel Kramer Bussel learned as she edited her latest book on women’s erotica is that exploring personal passion can be very liberating.... Currently a resident of Teaneck, she lived briefly in Jersey City."
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