Rachel Kramer Bussel (born 1975) is an author, columnist, and editor, specializing in erotica. She previously studied at the New York University School of Law and earned her bachelor's degree in political science and women's studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Career Bussel has been a Senior Editor at Penthouse Variations, a Contributing Editor to Penthouse, and a blogger for The Huffington Post. In addition, she is a rotating interviewer for the Gothamist and a columnist for SexIs Magazine. She has written for the Village Voice. She has authored many erotic short stories and has collected her own works, as well as others', in dozens of published collections, including specialized volumes on BDSM (two volumes of Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z and the He's On Top & She's On Top collections) and lesbian erotica (Glamour Girls & First-Timers). She has also co-edited a number of collections with other editors and writers, including Alison Tyler, Stacy Bias, Wendy Caster, Julie May, and Christopher Pierce. From 2005 to 2010, she was the curator for a monthly erotic reading series, In the Flesh, in New York City. Personal life She identifies as 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." Kramer has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey. Awards She received a 2009 Independent Publisher Book Award for the Tasting Him and Tasting Her anthologies. 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. 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