Alegra Verde began writing erotic fiction in 2009. That same year Virgin Black Lace published two of her stories. Since then, her fiction has appeared in anthologies published by Harlequin, Zane, Cleis, Avon and several others. She has a Ph.D in English Literature from SUNY Albany and lives in Detroit where she teaches writing and literature at a local college. Visit Lisa at www.lisareneejones.com Called a "Trollop with a Laptop" by East Bay Express, Alison Tyler is naughty and she knows it. Her sultry short stories have appeared in more than 100 anthologies including Coupling edited by Sommer Marsden and Sex for America edited by Stephen Elliott. She is the author of more than 25 erotic novels and the editor of more than 75 explicit anthologies, including Alison's Wonderland and 69. Visit www.alisontyler.com 24/7 as she's a total insomniac. After doing time at Fortune 500 companies on both coasts, Anne Calhoun left the corporate world and is now the author of more than a dozen novels, novellas, and short stories. Her first novel, Liberating Lacey, won the EPIC Award for Best Contemporary Erotic Romance. She holds a B.A. in English and History and an M.A. in American Studies from Columbia University. Anne lives with her family in the Midwest. Before becoming a full-time writer, Sarah McCarty traveled extensively. She would bring a pencil and paper with her to sketch out her stories and, in the process, discovered the joy of writing. Today, Sarah is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the award-winning Hell's Eight series, and is best known for her historical and paranormal romance novels. You can contact Sarah through her website at www.SarahMcCarty.net. It is the combination of potent eroticism and strong storytelling that has become the leading characteristic of award-winning author Saskia Walker's novels and novellas. She writes across genres, often incorporating elements of history, paranormal and fantasy, and her work has now appeared in over one hundred anthologies. Nowadays Saskia is settled in Yorkshire with her real-life hero, Mark, and a houseful of stray cats. You can visit her website at www.saskiawalker.co.uk. Award-winning author Portia Da Costa's first published story appeared in 1991. Since then, she's gone on to write well over a hundred stories for magazines and anthologies, and has penned almost thirty novels across a variety of genres. She's best known for her sizzling-hot romances, including short erotic fiction for Harlequin. Portia lives in a typically Yorkshire town with her husband and the three beautiful cats they both adore. Visit her at www.PortiaDaCosta.com. Tiffany Reisz is a multi-award winning and bestselling author. She lives in Kentucky with her husband, author Andrew Shaffer. Find her online at www.tiffanyreisz.com.