This is a list of notable authors of fiction and/or non-fiction works about BDSM. For other notable people associated with BDSM, see List of people associated with BDSM.

  • Nicolle Hodges, Canadian journalist, author, sexual freedom philosopher and BDSM educator known for questioning whether BDSM should be considered therapy.
  • Solace Ames, American author of erotic fiction
  • Laura Antoniou, writing as Sara Adamson, author of The Marketplace series of novels
  • Pablo Neruda
  • Go Arisue, Japanese bondage artist and author
  • Guy Baldwin, psychotherapist and author known for his work on BDSM and sexual related issues
  • William Bayer, crime fiction writer who often creates BDSM-oriented characters, and deals with BDSM themes
  • Violet Blue, American journalist, author, editor, advisor, and educator
  • Gloria Brame, American sexologist, writer and sex therapist
  • Rachel Kramer Bussel, American author, columnist, and editor, specializing in erotica
  • Patrick Califia, American writer of non-fiction essays about sexuality and of erotic fiction and poetry
  • Casey Calvert, American pornographic actress and film director
  • Greta Christina, American atheist, blogger, speaker, and author
  • David Aaron Clark, American author, musician, pornographic actor, and pornographic video director
  • John Cleland, English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
  • Oniroku Dan, Japanese author of popular SM novels
  • Tess Danesi, American sex educator, blogger, and writer of BDSM erotica
  • Tony DeBlase, American leatherman and zoologist, sometimes writing as Fledermaus
  • Samuel R. Delany, American author and literary critic
  • Anne Desclos, French writer also writing as Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage, author of Story of O
  • Vanessa Duriès, French novelist, author of The Ties That Bind
  • Dossie Easton, American author and family therapist, author of The Ethical Slut
  • Stephen Elliott, author of My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up
  • Melissa Febos, American writer, professor and former dominatrix, author of the memoir Whip Smart
  • Bob Flanagan, American performance artist and writer known for his work on sadomasochism
  • Maîtresse Françoise, also writing as Annick Foucault, French dominatrix and author
  • Mary Gaitskill, author of Secretary, short story and origin for same name film
  • Stefani Goerlich, American Sexologist and author of The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients, The Leather Chair: Culturally Competent Therapy from The Leather Chair, BDSM and Kink: The Basics (with Elyssa Helfer) and With Sprinkles On Top: Everything Vanilla People and Their Kinky Partners Need to Know to Communicate, Explore, and Connect
  • Jeff Gord, real name Jeffrey E. Owen, British bondage photographer and writer of erotic fiction
  • Tilly Greene
  • Matthias T. J. Grimme, German author and publisher of sadomasochistic literature. author of Das SM-Handbuch
  • Andrei Gusev, Russian writer and journalist
  • Hardy Haberman, American author, filmmaker, educator, and activist
  • Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Janet Hardy, American writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press
  • Lee Harrington, American sexuality and spirituality educator, author, and artist
  • Emma Holly, American author who specializes in writing erotic romance novels
  • Trevor Jacques, Canadian author, activist, sex researcher, and IT consultant, author of On The Safe Edge: A Manual for SM Play
  • Maxim Jakubowski
  • Elfriede Jelinek
  • V. M. Johnson, American leatherwoman, leather activist and author
  • E.L. James, real name Erika Leonard, British author writing as E.L. James, author of Fifty Shades of Grey novels
  • Alan Mac Clyde (1930s novelist), pseudonym of unknown author
  • Alan Mac Clyde (1950s novelist), pseudonym of unknown author
  • Mistress Matisse, American dominatrix
  • Malcolm McKesson, American author and outsider artist
  • Midori, American bondage artist
  • Lord Morpheous, Canadian sex educator, author and photographer
  • Charles Allen Moser, American physician, clinical sexologist, sex therapist, and sex educator
  • John Norman, real name |John Frederick Lange Jr., American academic and novelist writing as John Norman, author of the Gor series of novels
  • Betty Paërl, Dutch mathematician, socialist and transgender rights activist
  • John Preston, American author and editor of gay erotica
  • Carol Queen, American author, editor, sociologist and sexologist
  • Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, author of The Sleeping Beauty Quartet
  • Catherine Robbe-Grillet, writing as Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg, author of The Image
  • Pam Rosenthal, writing as Molly Weatherfield, American author of erotic historical romance novels
  • Robert J. Rubel, American author and educational speaker in the field of alternative sexuality
  • Gayle Rubin, American cultural anthropologist
  • Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist, author of Venus in Furs
  • Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, French nobleman, author of Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue; Juliette, The 120 Days of Sodom and Philosophy in the Bedroom
  • Ariel Sands, pseudonymous author of the sadomasochistic novel Never the Face
  • Terence Sellers, American dominatrix and writer, author of The Correct Sadist: The Memoirs of Angel Stern
  • Elf Sternberg, author of online erotic fiction
  • Kitty Stryker, American sex educator and activist
  • Gengoroh Tagame, pseudonymous Japanese manga artist
  • Cecilia Tan, writer, editor, sexuality activist, and founder of Circlet Press
  • Bernard J. Taylor
  • Claire Thompson
  • Larry Townsend, American author and activist
  • Kitty Tsui, American author, poet, actor, and bodybuilder
  • Mollena Williams-Haas, American writer, BDSM educator, actress, and former International Ms. Leather
  • Jay Wiseman, American BDSM author, educator, and expert witness

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