D.L. King has edited over a dozen erotica anthologies and her short stories appear in more than five dozen more. A Lambda Literary Award winner ( The Harder She Comes ), two-time IPPY gold medalist ( Carnal Machines , The Harder She Comes ) and one-time silver medalist ( Under Her Thumb ), she most recently edited the best-selling Slave Girls: Erotic Stories of Submission . She is the author of two novels, The Melinoe Project and The Art of Melinoe . Her work can be found in anthologies such as The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, Best Women's Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Girl Crazy, Luscious, No Safewords, Yes, Ma'am , and Yes, Sir . She lives in New York City.