List of erotic or pornographic authors
- Aran Ashe
- Georges Bataille
- Penny Birch
- Arabella Knight
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
- Henry Miller
- Anais Nin
- Ovid -- Roman author famous for the Ars Amatoria.
- Anne Rice
- Marquis de Sade
- Sappho -- Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos who wrote love poetry to young women.
- Wendy Swanscombe
- Alexander Trocchi