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Susie Bright

Susie Bright has been the editor of the Best American Erotica series since 1993 and is known as the founder of the erotica genre. A columnist for Playboy and Salon, Bright has been profiled in USA Today, the L.A. Times, the San Francisco Review of... Read full bio

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A. Je ne Regrette Rien
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My life in 8 words: "Fight Like Hell For The Living & Reading"
March 10, 2010
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Excerpt 1 from The Best American Erotica 1999
Feb 22, 2013
How to Write a Dirty Story will be released on December 11, 2012 in
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Dec 11, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from How to Write a Dirty Story
Oct 13, 2012
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Introduction from The Best American Erotica 2003
Jun 06, 2012
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Introduction from The Best American Erotica 2006
Jun 06, 2012
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Introduction from The Best of Best American Erotica 2008
Dec 18, 2011
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Nov 15, 2011
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Nov 15, 2011
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Text Excerpt 1 from The Sexual State of the Union
Dec 17, 2010
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Susie Bright FAQ
Mar 11, 2010
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What’s your best quality?
Mar 11, 2010
Mar 11, 2010

Susie Bright Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Je ne Regrette Rien Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Reading. Q. What trait is most noticeable about you? A. Memorable mouthiness. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. Icarus, but with better luck! Q. What’s your best quality? A. Dialectic thinking. Learn more about Susie Bright

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PublishersWeekly.com, May 11, 2013
...reliable category for audiobook publishers. Excitement for audio erotica had been building long before Fifty Shades of Grey. Susie Bright, the Best American Erotica series editor and editor-at-large at Audible, says that the Internet changed everything:...
San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 2, 2013
...Feinberg, transgender author and activist Minnie Bruce Pratt, award-winning poet, activist and educator Dossie Easton, Therapist and Author Susie Bright, public speaker, educator, writer Andy Thayer, co-founder, Gay Liberation Network Becca von...
AVN, April 25, 2013
...NEW YORK CITY—Read My Lips burst onto the scene in 1997 without precedent. It was unique, radical, endearing, outrageous, and very funny. It stood the orthodox academic and medical theories about transsexuals on their heads. At last, a...
Media Bistro, April 18, 2013
...hires said private investigator (and former lover) Yoshi Yakamoto to help clear her name. Here?s how Audible editor-at-large Susie Bright describes the three-book ?Blind Eye? series: ?It?s like Veronica Mars meets San Francisco meets lesbians? The novels...
Gay.com, April 16, 2013
...Mars meets San Francisco meets lesbians. Oh, and our fearless detective is blind, too," says legendary author Susie Bright, editor at large for Audible.com. "It pokes fun at lesbian clichés, while at the same time pulling you in with authentic drama."...
PRWeb, March 26, 2013
...digital formats. The audio book of The Killer Wore Leather was just curated and produced by the incomparable Susie Bright, and is available on Audible. The kindle version of the thriller has been dominating ebook sales, remaining highly ranked on Amazon...
PRWeb, March 11, 2013
...one in the romance and erotica category multiple times, and has sold thousands of audio copies. Audible Editor-at-Large, Susie Bright, the legendary sexpert, curated a selection of Cleis Press classics, including multiple award-winning, critically...
San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 2, 2013
...Feinberg, transgender author and activist Minnie Bruce Pratt, award-winning poet, activist and educator Dossie Easton, Therapist and Author Susie Bright, public speaker, educator, writer Andy Thayer, co-founder, Gay Liberation Network Becca von...
AVN, April 25, 2013
...NEW YORK CITY—Read My Lips burst onto the scene in 1997 without precedent. It was unique, radical, endearing, outrageous, and very funny. It stood the orthodox academic and medical theories about transsexuals on their heads. At last, a...
Media Bistro, April 19, 2013
...hires said private investigator (and former lover) Yoshi Yakamoto to help clear her name. Here?s how Audible editor-at-large Susie Bright describes the three-book ?Blind Eye? series: ?It?s like Veronica Mars meets San Francisco meets lesbians? The novels...
Media Bistro, April 18, 2013
...hires said private investigator (and former lover) Yoshi Yakamoto to help clear her name. Here?s how Audible editor-at-large Susie Bright describes the three-book ?Blind Eye? series: ?It?s like Veronica Mars meets San Francisco meets lesbians? The novels...
Advocate.com, April 16, 2013
...Mars meets San Francisco meets lesbians. Oh, and our fearless detective is blind, too," says legendary author Susie Bright, editor at large for Audible.com. "It pokes fun at lesbian clichés, while at the same time pulling you in with authentic drama."...
Gay.com, April 16, 2013
...Mars meets San Francisco meets lesbians. Oh, and our fearless detective is blind, too," says legendary author Susie Bright, editor at large for Audible.com. "It pokes fun at lesbian clichés, while at the same time pulling you in with authentic drama."...
PRWeb, March 2, 2013
...Award-winning author, columnist, editor, and sex educator Tristan Taormino will be on National Public Radio's "To the Best of Our Knowledge" Big Ideas. Tristan Taormino Tristan Taormino will be on "To The Best of Our Knowledge," as part of a show called...