Rachel Kramer Bussel

Rachel Kramer Bussel is a writer, editor, blogger, reading series host, cupcake enthusiast, and New Yorker. She has edited over a dozen erotic anthologies, most recently Yes, Sir, Yes, Ma'am, Dirty Girls, and Best Sex Writing 2008, and has contributed stories to more than 100 others, including Best American Erotica 2004 and 2006. Rachel has written for publications and websites such as AVN, Bust, Cosmo UK, Curve, Fresh Yarn, Gothamist, Huffington Post, Mediabistro, Memoirville.com, New York Post, Penthouse, Playgirl, Time Out New York and Zink. She hosts and curates In The Flesh Reading Series and wrote the popular Lusty Lady column in The Village Voice. She co-edits the blog Cupcakes Take the Cake. Her first novel, Everything But..., will be published by Bantam.

In her free time, she can be found reading, playing video game (like Q*bert!), attending trivia nights and comedy shows, and working out at CrossfitNYC.