Rachel Kramer Bussel

Rachel Kramer Bussel is an American author, columnist, and editor, specializing in erotica.^[1] She previously studied at the New York University School of Law.^[2]

Rachel Kramer Bussel
Occupation	Author, columnist, editor & sex educator
Website
www.rachelkramerbussel.com

Career

Bussel has been a Senior Editor at Penthouse Variations, a Contributing Editor to Penthouse, and a blogger for The Huffington Post.^[3] In addition, she is a rotating interviewer for the Gothamist and a columnist for SexIs Magazine.^[4] She has written for the Village Voice.^[5]

From 2005 to 2010, she was the curator for a monthly erotic reading series, In the Flesh, in New York City.^[6]

Personal life

Bussel is bisexual, saying in 2006, "I think ideally I'd like to have a male lover and a female lover, either a triad situation or one on one."^[7]

Bussel has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey.^[8]

Awards

Bussel received a 2009 Independent Publisher Book Award for the Tasting Him and Tasting Her anthologies.^[9] 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.^[10]

Bibliography

As author

• The Lesbian Sex Book: A Guide for Women Who Love Women with Wendy Caster (2003)
• The Art of the Erotic Love Letter (2011)
• Everything But (2011)

As editor

• Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z (2004)
• Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex with Stacy Bias (2004)
• First-timers: True Stories of Lesbian Awakening (2006)
• 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)
• Second Skin: Erotic Stories About Leather and Latex 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)
• Sex and Candy: Twenty Succulent Stories (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)
• The Lust Chronicles Anthology (2008)
• Bedding Down (2008)
• Best Sex Writing 2009 (2008)
• Love Notes: A Music and Sex Anthology (2009)
• 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)
• Fast Girls: Erotica for Women (2010)
• Orgasmic: Erotica for Women (2010)
• Smooth: Erotic Stories for Women (2010)
• Passion: Erotic Romance for Women (2010)
• Best Bondage Erotica 2011 (2010)
• Surrender: Erotic Tales of Female Pleasure and Submission (2011)
• Gotta Have It: 69 Stories of Sudden Sex (2011)
• Obsessed: Erotic Romance for Women (2011)
• Women in Lust: Erotic Stories (2011)
• Best Bondage Erotica 2012 (2011)
• Best Sex Writing 2012: The State of Today's Sexual Culture (2012)
• Irresistible: Erotic Romance for Couples (2012)
• Curvy Girls: Erotica for Women (2012)
• Going Down: Oral Sex Stories (2012)
• Anything for You: Erotica for Kinky Couples (2012)
• Hungry for More: Romantic Fantasies For Women (2012)
• Cheeky Spanking Stories (2012)
• Instruments of Pleasure: Sex Toy Erotica (2012)
• Best Bondage Erotica 2013 (2012)
• Only You: Erotic Romance for Women (2013)
• Best Sex Writing 2013: The State of Today's Sexual Culture (2013)
• Twice the Pleasure: Bisexual Women's Erotica (2013)
• Serving Him: Sexy Stories of Submission (2013)
• Baby Got Back: Anal Erotica (2013)
• Big Book of Orgasms: 69 Sexy Stories (2013)
• Best Bondage Erotica 2014 (2014)
• Big Book of Submission: 69 Kinky Tales (2014)
• Best Bondage Erotica 2015 (2015)
• Naked Desire: Erotic Romance for Women (2015)
• I Want You Bad: Obsessed Erotic Romance for Women (2015)
• Dirty Dates: Erotic Fantasies for Couples (2015)
• Come Again: Sex Toy Erotica (2015)
• Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 1 (2016)
• Begging For It: Erotic Fantasies for Women (2016)
• Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 2 (2016)
• On Fire: Erotic Romance Stories (2017)
• Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 (2017)
• The Big Book of Submission, Volume 2: 69 Kinky Tales (2017)
• Candy Lovers: Sugar Erotica (2018)
• Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 4 (2018)
• Erotic Teasers (2019)
• Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 (2019)
• Best Bondage Erotica of the Year, Volume 1 (2020)
• Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 6 (2020)
• Best Bondage Erotica of the Year, Volume 2 (2021)
• Coming Soon: Women's Orgasm Erotica (2021)
• Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 7 (2021)
• Big Book of Orgasms, Volume 2: 69 Sexy Stories (2022)^[11][12]