Author · born 1971
Tristan Taormino
Tristan Taormino (born 1971) is an American author, columnist and adult film director. Born in Syosset.
Our catalogue lists 15 books by Tristan Taormino, mostly sapphic fiction, gay fiction and trans fiction. They span 1996 to 2014. The most-read is Best Lesbian Erotica 2000 (1999).
Books by Tristan Taormino
Best Lesbian Erotica 2000
Tristan Taormino, Joan Nestle
Best Lesbian Erotica 2003
Tristan Taormino, Cheryl Clarke
Take Me There
Tristan Taormino, Dean Scarborough
Best Lesbian Erotica 2007
Tristan Taormino
Best of Best Lesbian Erotica 2
Tristan Taormino
Best Lesbian Erotica, 2005
Tristan Taormino, Felice Newman
Best Lesbian Erotica 1996
Tristan Taormino, Heather Lewis
When She Was Good
Tristan Taormino, Ali Liebegott
Best Lesbian Erotica 2002
Tristan Taormino
Best Lesbian Bondage Erotica
Tristan Taormino
Best of the Best Lesbian Erotica
Tristan Taormino
Best Lesbian Erotica, 2004
Michelle Tea, Tristan Taormino
Best Lesbian Erotica 2006
Tristan Taormino
Sometimes She Lets Me
Tristan Taormino
Best Lesbian Erotica 2008
Tristan Taormino, Ali Liebegott
Awards
- ✦Lambda Literary Awards 2014 — LGBT Anthology, The Feminist Porn Book (nominee)
- 🏆Lambda Literary Awards 2011 — Lesbian Erotica, Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica (winner)
- ✦Lambda Literary Awards 2007 — Lesbian Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica 2007 (nominee)
- ✦Lambda Literary Awards 2005 — Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 (nominee)
- ✦Lambda Literary Awards 2004 — Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 (nominee)
- ✦Lambda Literary Awards 1998 — Anthology (Fiction), Best Lesbian Erotica 1997 (nominee)
- 🏆Lambda Literary Awards — Overall (winner)
Biography
Tristan Taormino is a writer, speaker, sex educator, and host of the podcast Sex Out Loud. A former syndicated columnist for The Village Voice, she is the author of numerous books, including Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, Down and Dirty Sex Secrets, and The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. She is the founding editor of the annual Best Lesbian Erotica anthologies, editor of The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play, and the Erotic Edge, and coeditor of The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure. Taormino has won four Lambda Literary Awards and eight Feminist Porn Awards, among other awards. She lives in Los Angeles.