Tristan Taormino is series editor of the annual collection Best Lesbian Erotica, for which she has collaborated with guest editors Heather Lewis, Jewelle Gomez, and Jenifer Levin. She is coeditor of A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution, and Ritual Sex, a collection of writing on sex, religion and spirituality. She is also publisher and editrix of the pansexual erotic magazine Pucker Up. Her writing appears in several publications and anthologies. The Advocate named her one of the Best and Brightest Gay and Lesbian People Under 30. She lives in Brooklyn.