Henry Spencer Ashbee

Henry Spencer Ashbee (21 April 1834 – 29 July 1900) was a book collector, writer, and bibliographer. He is notable for his massive, clandestine three-volume bibliography of erotic literature published under the pseudonym of Pisanus Fraxi.[1]

Ashbee was born in Southwark, London. He became the senior partner in the London branch of the firm of Charles Lavy & Co.[2] He travelled extensively during his life, including Europe, Japan, and San Francisco, collaborating with the architect Alexander Graham[3] on Travels in Tunisia, published in 1887.

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Terence Sellers

Terence Sellers (1952-2016) was a New York-based writer deeply involved in the Downtown Arts Scene. Her papers have been collected by New York University’s Fales Library Downtown Collection. Terence Sellers was born in 1952 to Robert and Gloria Sellers in Washington, D.C.. From 1970-1973 she attended St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico in […]

Delilah S. Dawson

Delilah S. Dawson is an American author, primarily of fantasy and science fiction, whose works have been published since 2012. She writes fantasy as Lila Bowen and formerly[2] wrote erotica as Ava Lovelace. Dawson’s work includes the Blud series of steampunk paranormal romance novels, the Shadow series of Weird West novels (as Bowen), as well […]

Henry de Kock

Paul Henry de Kock, better known as Henry de Kock, (25 April 1819 – 14 April 1892) was a 19th-century French playwright, novelist, and chansonnier, famous for his salacious novels. The son of Paul de Kock, he wrote feuilletons which gained a significant success such as La Voleuse d’amour (1863), L’Auberge des treize pendus (1866), […]

Gilda Olvidado

Gilda Olvidado (born 9 August 1957 in Cebu City, Cebu[1]) is a Filipino movie and television writer, and melodrama novelist. Her novels have been turned into live-action movies by VIVA Films, and also been remade for television through Sine Novela. Olvidado’s parents are Gregorio Tan and Guarda Olvidado. She lived and received early education in […]

Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret

Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret (16 December 1742, La Rochelle – 27 June 1823, Paris) was an 18th–19th-century French man of letters. He is the author of over one hundred forty volumes covering the most diverse subjects and in all genres: serious and facetious poems, dramas, parodies, historical compilations, political writings, collections of anas, epistolary novels, novels, memoirs. […]

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