SUSIE BRIGHT

Born March 25, 1958, Arlington, VA.
Author, editor, performer, and lecturer.
Grew up in California and Canada; lived in Bay Area since 1980.
B.A., U.C. Santa Cruz, 1981; M.F.A. New Colllege, San Francisco, 2007
Partnered; one daughter, born 1990.

BOOKS
Author, Big Sex, Little Death, Seal Press, 2011
Author, Spilled, Chronicle Books, 2010
Editor, Bitten, Chronicle Books, 2009
Editor, X: The Erotic Treasury, Chronicle Books, 2008
Series Editor, Best American Erotica, Simon and Schuster, 1993 - 2008
Editor, Three Kinds of Asking For It, Eric Albert, Greta Christina, and Jill Soloway, edited by Susie Bright, Simon and Schuster, 2005
Editor, Three the Hard Way, by William Harrison, Greg Boyd, and Tsaurah Litzky, edited by Susie Bright, Simon and Schuster, 2004
Mommy's Little Girl: Susie Bright on Sex, Motherhood, Pornography, and Cherry Pie, Thunders Mouth, 2004
How To Write a Dirty Story: Reading, Writing, and Publishing Erotica, Simon and Schuster, 2002
Full Exposure: Opening Up to Sex and Creativity, HarperSanFrancisco, 1999

The Sexual State of the Union, Simon & Schuster, 1997, 1998
Author and Co-Editor, Nothing But the Girl: the Blatant Lesbian Image, Cassell, 1996
SexWise, Cleis Press, 1995
Editor, Totally Herotica, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1995

Susie Bright's Sexual Reality: A Virtual Sex Reader, Cleis Press , 1992
Editor, Herotica III, Penguin USA, 1994
Editor, Herotica II, Penguin USA, 1992
Susie Sexpert’s Lesbian Sex World, Cleis Press, 1990
Editor, Herotica, Down There Press, 1988

AWARDS & BESTSELLERS
Gail Rich Award, Santa Cruz, 2002
Lambda Literary Award, Best Art Book of the Year, 1997, for Nothing But the Girl
Firecracker Award, Best Art Book of the Year, 1997, for Nothing But the Girl
Full Exposure, National Bestseller
Best American Erotica, National Bestseller
Sexual State of the Union, National Bestseller