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The State of Erotica: M.J. Rose, Mitzi Szereto, Susie Bright, Aretha Bright, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera and Ily Goyanes, with moderator Mary Damiano

Saturday, Nov. 17, 12:00 p.m., Room 8501 (Building 8, 5th Floor)

Author(s) and Guest(s)

M.J. Rose

M.J. Rose’s, The Book of Lost Fragrances: A Novel of Suspense (Atria Books, $24.00) infuses exotic scents into her latest mystery.  Jac is the heir to a storied French perfume company. When her brother hints at a remarkable discovery in the family archives and goes missing—leaving a dead body in his wake—Jac is plunged into danger.  Her quest for the ancient perfume someone is willing to kill for becomes the key to understanding Jac’s own troubled past. “Once you catch a whiff, you will be enchanted." –Associated Press.  Rose is the bestselling author of twelve novels and three non-fiction books on marketing.

Mitzi Szereto Mitzi Szereto

Inspired by the medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones, Mitzi Szereto presents a lustful and legendary anthology, Thrones of Desire:  Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire (Cleis Press, $15.95).  These are tales set in mystical lands where creatures, kings, renegades, warlords, and princesses do good and evil, and the battle for flesh can be as important as the battle for power.  Szereto is an anthology editor of erotic and multi-genre fiction and nonfiction.  She is the author of Pride and Prejudice:  Hidden Lusts, Red Velvet, Absinthe: Paranormal Erotic Romance, and In sleeping Beauty’s Bed:  Erotic Fairy Tales

Susie Bright

Welcome to the "girl-talk" you thought you'd never hear in public.  Susie and Aretha Bright are mother/daughter team, whose readers flooded them with explicit dilemmas about sexual pleasures and disasters, body issue, dating, relationships, and young marriage. In Mother/Daughter Sex Advice (Bright Stuff, $6.95) the pair takes on those topics and more.  Susie Bright is the author and editor of several books of erotic and sexuality including Full Exposure and The Sexual State of the Union, as well as The Best American Erotica and Herotica series. She is the host/producer of Audible’s weekly podcast, In Bed With Susie Bright.

Aretha Bright

Welcome to the "girl-talk" you thought you'd never hear in public.  Susie and Aretha Bright are mother/daughter team, whose readers flooded them with explicit dilemmas about sexual pleasures and disasters, body issue, dating, relationships, and young marriage. In Mother/Daughter Sex Advice (Bright Stuff, $6.95) the pair takes on those topics and more.  Susie Bright is the author and editor of several books of erotic and sexuality including Full Exposure and The Sexual State of the Union, as well as The Best American Erotica and Herotica series. She is the host/producer of Audible’s weekly podcast, In Bed With Susie Bright.

Caroline Garcia-Aguilera

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera’s latest Miami-based novel, Magnolia (B&B Press, 16.95), tells the story of a beautiful, young woman from a conservative family who transforms herself into a “sports geisha,” a high-priced hooker who specializes in elite athletes.  Magnolia leads the high life, but is she willing to pay the emotional price?  Garcia-Aguilera, a long-time private investigator, is the author of ten books, including the Lupe Solano mystery series. 

Ily Goyanes

Girls Who Score: Hot Lesbian Erotica (Cleis Press, $15.95) proves that girl jocks always manage to see a lot of action off the field. Whether it's hockey jocks, scuba divers or gym bunnies, editor Ily Goyanes features sporty dykes of every stripe in this sweet and sweaty volume that proves women play hard and love even harder. Goyanes is a journalist, food blogger, culture critic, publisher, sex enthusiast and a widely published erotic fiction writer. She writes the viral food column "Fuming Foodie" for the Miami New Times and is editor-in-chief of Arketipo187 Magazine.

Schedule
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Location

Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 8501 (Building 8, 5th Floor)

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