Simon Sheppard (writer) 1999686 222166773 2008-06-27T21:51:46Z Iridescent 937705 Cleanup/[[WP:AWB/T|typo fixing]], typos fixed: and and → and using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] [[Image:SimonSheppardWriter.jpg|right|thumb|Simon Sheppard in 2006]] '''Simon Sheppard''' is a [[writer]] of [[homosexual|gay]] [[erotica]] and a [[advice column|sex-advice]] columnist from [[San Francisco]]. He is the [[author]] of many highly acclaimed works of gay erotica/[[pornography]], including the books ''Kinkorama'', ''In Deep'', and ''Sex Parties 101''. He is also the editor of ''Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica,'' winner of the 2007 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT erotica; the anthology ''Leathermen''; and is the coeditor of the anthologies ''Rough Stuff'' and ''Roughed Up.'' Sheppard's work is wide-ranging, often combining history, philosophy, or culture — high and low — with hardcore sex. His first book, ''Hotter Than Hell and Other Stories'', won the Erotic Authors Association Award for Best Collection of the Year, and the title story of ''In Deep'' was shortlisted for the Rauxa Prize for Erotic Fiction. His work has appeared in over 250 anthologies and he writes the columns “Sex Talk” and the online serial "The Dirty Boys Club.” Sheppard is [[coming out|openly]] gay,<ref name="erotica">{{citation |title=Sex Is... An Interview with Simon Sheppard |first=William |last=Dean |url=http://www.erotica-readers.com/ERA/Archive06/SimonSheppard.htm |periodical=Erotica Readers & Writers Association |year=2004 |accessdate=[[2007-09-09]]}}</ref> active in the queer [[art]]istic, [[politics|political]] and [[AIDS|AIDS-activist]] communities, and has publicly opposed the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq war]]. He lives in San Francisco, where ''San Francisco'' magazine dubbed him “our erotica king.” == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.simonsheppard.com Official website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheppard, Simon}} [[Category:American advice columnists]] [[Category:Gay writers]] [[Category:LGBT writers from the United States]] {{US-journalist-stub}}