List of authors of erotic works

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This is a list of notable authors of erotic literature.

1 Sex manuals
2 Fiction
- 2.1 Chinese erotica
3 Poetry
4 Autobiography
5 Photography

[edit] Sex manuals

Vatsayana -- famous for the Kama Sutra
Yasodhara -- author of the Jayamangala
Kokkoka -- author of the Ratirahasya
Kalyanamalla -- author of the Ananga Ranga
Praudha Devaraya -- author of the Ratiratna Pradipika
Ovid -- Roman author famous for the Ars Amatoria
Ge Hong-- Jin dynasty author of Pao-Pu Zhi
Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi -- author of The Perfumed Garden
Hua Tuo-- author of On Venereal disease.
Sun Simiao-- author of On the Loss and Gain of The Chamber Art
Wan Quan-- author of Essentials for Extending Posterity
Gao Lian-- author of On Abstinence in Sex

[edit] Fiction

Al Steiner -- prolific author of erotic novels
Alexander Pushkin -- author of the Gabriliad
Alexander Trocchi
Anaïs Nin -- author of Delta of Venus
Anne Rice, also writing as A. N. Roquelaure
Anne Tourney also published as Alaine Hood
Arabella Knight -- author of Let's Play Anal Twister
Aran Ashe
Barbara Deloto and Thomas Newgen --authors of "Shapeshifter" a gender exploring xxx novel on Amazon.com
Barry N. Malzberg--author of Screen and writer/editor for Olympia Press
Catherine Robbe-Grillet, writing as Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg
D. H. Lawrence -- author of Lady Chatterley's Lover
Emmanuelle Arsan -- author of the novel Emmanuelle and various other works
Eric Storm -- formerly known as Net Wolf author in the online mind-control community, known for his story CAMP Ron's Journey.
Georges Bataille -- author of Story of the Eye
Giovanni Boccaccio -- Italian author contemporary and friend of Petrarch; wrote Decameron a collection of 100 short stories, some of which are erotic, considered masterpieces of the genre.
Günter Grass -- author of The Tin Drum and Cat and Mouse
Henry Miller -- author of Tropic of Cancer
Ivan Barkov
John Cleland -- author of Fanny Hill
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki -- author of The Key, Naomi, and Quicksand
Kathy Acker -- postmodern pornographer, author of I Dreamt I Was A Nymphomaniac
Kenzaburo Oe -- author of Seventeen, J, and A Personal Matter
Laura Antoniou -- author of The Marketplace
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch -- author of Venus in Furs
Mark Twain -- author of 1601
Matthew Miller -- author of Secrets and Lies and The Dark Lives of Men
Michelle Marquis -- author of The Love Machine and Hungry Planet Whiskey Creek Press Torrid/ www.whiskeycreekpress.com/torrid/
Nick Scipio -- author of the Summer Camp series of erotic novels
Nicolas Chorier – author of L'académie des dames
Patrick (Pat) Califia -- author of Macho Sluts
Pauline Réage -- author of Story of O
Penny Birch
Shadow Parker -- author of The Unleashing of Sara Miller
Susie Bright
Sylvia Day
Tamara Thorne -- author of the Sorority series
Vladimir Nabokov -- Russian-born English-language writer, author of Lolita
Wendy Swanscombe
William Levy
William Simpson Potter -- author of Romance of Lust
Yasunari Kawabata -- author of Beauty and Sadness
Yukio Mishima -- author of the homoerotic novels Forbidden Colors and Confessions of a Mask
Zane
the Marquis de Sade -- author of Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue
Zander Vyne -- prolific author of erotic short stories
Jude Mason author of Scorpio Tattoo and Pink Ribbom, Publiser Phaze.com website www.my-haven2001.com
Caitlín R. Kiernan — author of Frog Toes and Tentacles, Tales from the Woeful Platypus, and Sirenia Digest.

[edit] Chinese erotica

Li Yu -- author of The Carnal Prayer Mat
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng -- author of Jin Ping Mei
Ruyijun zhuan (The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica: The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction, translated by Charles E. Stone)
Chen sen--author of Precious Manual for the Appreciation of Flowers.
Xu Huai--author of Stories of the Board Walk Bridge Ladies.
Zhang Chunfan Tang dynasty author of The Turtle with Nine Tails
Chui Lingxin --author of Stories of Whore House
Yu Yinxiang-- author of Dream of The Blue Chamber
Lv Tiancheng--author of Wild Stories from an embroidered bed
Hang Ziyun-- author of Biography of Shanghai Prostitutes.
Sun Qi-- author of Stories of North Street
Cho Sichan-- author of Dangers of Red Alley

[edit] Poetry

Ovid -- Roman erotic poet
Catullus -- Roman erotic poet
Sextus Propertius -- Roman poet
Sappho -- Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos who wrote love poetry to young women.
Petrarch -- Italian poet, considered, together with Dante, the father of Renaissance. His love sonnets dedicated to Laura are masterpieces of erotic poetry
Bai Juyi-- Romatic poet of Tang dynasty
King Solomon--Author, according to Judeo-Christian tradition, of the Song of Songs.
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester -- British 17th Century libertine