Alison Tyler
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| Occupation | author, editor and publisher of contemporary erotica |
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Alison Tyler is an American author, editor and publisher of erotica, living in Northern California. She has authored over 20 explicit novels, hundreds of short stories and has edited more than 30 erotic anthologies.
Career
Tyler began writing professionally in the early 1990s [1] selling stories to Penthouse Variations and Playgirl. Her first novel was published by Blue Moon when she was 23. Tyler went on to write twelve novels for Masquerade Books before moving to Virgin Books' Black Lace and Cheek imprints in 1999.
Her short story fiction appears in a range of anthologies, including titles edited by Violet Blue, Stephen Elliott, Maxim Jakubowski, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Tristan Taormino, Zane and Tyler herself. She has edited numerous erotic anthologies for Cleis Press and Pretty Things Press, the small publishing company Tyler runs.
Tyler writes in an intimate, semi-autobiographical style, focussing on themes of female submission, spanking, bondage, bi-sexuality and group sex. In August 2006, Tyler began blogging intensely about a former BDSM relationship, described by The Guardian as “a sulphurous personal memoir of past sexual activities which put Belle de Jour's timid exploits in the shade.” [2] Initially intending to write confessionally each day for a month, Tyler continued with her story for 16 months, gaining a broad and loyal daily readership.
Described as a ‘trollop with a laptop’ by East Bay Express [3], Tyler continues to blog regularly and in 2008 established Trollop Salon, an online forum profiling authors and artists she admires.
Tyler’s work has been translated into several languages and her short story fiction appears in her collections Bad Girl and Exposed. Her non-fiction includes Never Have the Same Sex Twice: a Guide for Couples (forthcoming) and The Other Rules, an erotic parody of Fein and Schneider’s The Rules. In 2007, Tyler began editing a series of 26 alphabet-themed anthologies for Cleis Press, beginning with A is for Amour. The series is scheduled for completion in 2010 with Z is for Zippers.
Tyler is an upbeat supporter of non-mainstream sexualities, erotic fiction and pornography, asserting, “People try to make you feel bad by saying, 'You write porn.’ But I won't feel bad for it."[3]
Select Bibliography
Novels
The Blue Rose, Rosebud Books, 1995, ISBN 1-56333-335-X
Dark Room, Masquerade Books, 1995, ISBN 1563336146
Dial L for Loveless, Masquerade Books, 1996,ISBN 1563333864
Blue Sky Sideways, Masquerade Books, 1996, ISBN 1563333945
Venus Online, Masquerade Books, 1997, ISBN 1563335212
The Silver Key: Madame Victoria’s Finishing School, Masquerade Books, 1998, ISBN 1563336146
Learning to Love It, Black Lace, 2000, ISBN 0-352-34149-1
Strictly Confidential, Black Lace, 2001, ISBN 0352336242
Blue Valentine, Magic Carpet Books, 2002, ISBN 0972633901
The ESP Affair, Magic Carpet Books, 2002, ISBN 0-937609-45-5
Sweet Thing, Black Lace, 2002, ISBN 035233682X
Sticky Fingers, Black Lace, 2003, ISBN 0352337567
Something About Workmen, Black Lace, 2003, ISBN 9780352338471
Rumours, Cheek, 2005, ISBN 0352339608
Tiffany Twisted, Cheek, 2006, ISBN 0352340398
With or Without You, Cheek, 2006, ISBN 0352340657
Melt With You, Cheek, 2008, ISBN 0352341661
Collections
Bad Girl, Pretty Things Press, 2002, ISBN 1576121836
Exposed: The Erotic Fiction of Alison Tyler, Cleis Press, 2006, ISBN 1573442461
As Editor
Naughty Stories from A to Z, Pretty Things Press, 2002, ISBN 1576121682
Down and Dirty: 69 Super Sexy Short-Shorts, Pretty Things Press, 2003, ISBN 1576121909
Hers: 30 Erotic Tales Written Just for Her, (co-edited with Thomas S Roche)
Pretty Things Press, 2003, ISBN 1576121852
His: 30 Erotic Tales Written Just for Him, (co-edited with Thomas S Roche), Pretty Things Press, 2003, ISBN 1576121860
Best Bondage Erotica, Cleis Press, 2003, ISBN 1573441732
Naked Erotica, Pretty Things Press, 2004, ISBN 1576121976
Luscious: Stories of Anal Eroticism, Cleis Press, 2006, ISBN 1573442305
Slave to Love: Sexy Tales of Erotic Restraint, Cleis Press, 2006, ISBN 1573442348
Caught Looking (co-edited with Rachel Kramer Bussel), Cleis Press, 2006, ISBN 1573442569
Got a Minute?: Sixty Second Erotica, Cleis Press, 2007, ISBN 1573442712
Love at First Sting: Sexy Tales of Erotic Restraint, Cleis Press, 2007, ISBN 157344281X
Hide and Seek (co-edited with Rachel Kramer Bussel), Cleis Press, 2007, ISBN 1573442917
A Is for Amour, Cleis Press, 2007, ISBN 1573442631
B Is for Bondage, Cleis Press, 2007, ISBN 157344264X
F Is for Fetish, Cleis Press, 2007, ISBN 1573442844
H Is for Hardcore, Cleis Press, 2007,ISBN 1573442860
J is for Jealousy, Cleis Press, 2008, ISBN 1573443069
K Is for Kinky, Cleis Press, 2008, ISBN 1573443077
Open For Business: Tales of Office Sex, Cleis Press, 2008, ISBN 1573443115
Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex, Cleis Press, 2008, ISBN 157344331X
Never Have The Same Sex Twice, Cleis Press, 2008, ISBN 1573443328