CECILIA TAN
Author / Publisher
Circlet Press, White Flames, Women of the Bite: Lesbian Vampire Erotica

"Cecilia Tan transcends time, space, gravity, and cultural norms in her line of work: erotic science fiction," according to the San Francisco Weekly. Susie Bright calls her " simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature. Of course she has prodigious talents as a writer in any vein, but it was her revolutionary, genre-breaking efforts decades ago that brought science fiction, fantasy, and erotic communities into the same literary room together."

Tan always considered herself a writer, but her career took off in 1992 when she self-published a chapbook of three kinky science fiction stories entitled Telepaths Don't Need Safewords--and thus Circlet Press was born. Since that time she has written numerous books of erotica including Black Feathers (HarperCollins, 1998), The Velderet (Circlet, 2001), and White Flames (Running Press, 2008). One of the hallmarks of her writing and editing work has been her insistence on mixing gay, lesbian, het, and trans themes together whenever possible and she identifies as . She has also edited numerous anthologies including Sex In The System (Thunder's Mouth Press), Wired Hard:Erotica for a Gay Universe (Circlet Press), and Women of the Bite: Lesbian Vampire Erotica (Ravenous Romance). Her stories, essays, and articles in have appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies including Best America Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Strange Horizons, Dark Angels, Penthouse, Ms. magazine, Asimov's, Nerve, Periphery, and many more. www.ceciliatan.com