‘Kristina Lloyd … blend[s] both popular and literary styles beautifully.’
I’ve been writing erotic fiction on and off for over a decade. My novels are published by Black Lace and my short story fiction primarily by Black Lace and Cleis Press. I write about women who like it on the dark, dirty and dangerous side. Not many handsome princes in my work. You’re more likely to find thugs, crooks, deviants and rebels – delicious bad boys who won’t take no for an answer. I’m a down-at-heel romantic. I like love, lust and obsession. I like the Gothic and the seedy side of life. I like mystery, suspense, submission, deviance and hot hard sex that sends the senses and messes with the mind.
How did I get here? I’ve always loved fiction and books, but it wasn’t until my mid-twenties that it occurred to me I might like to write a book myself. I’d just completed a Masters degree in 20th century English Literature and was reading a lot of Kathy Acker, a postfeminist, postpunk American author. Acker incorporated a lot of pornographic text in her fiction, and I admired what she stood for. (It wasn’t just the porn, I swear.) The two strands seemed to connect and I started writing short story erotica under a different name. I was published in various magazines including Desire and Forum and after a few years, I turned to novel writing.
My first novel, Darker Than Love, was published by Black Lace in 1998 and my second, Asking for Trouble, in 1999. I focussed on other projects for a while, returning to erotica when my two books, billed as Black Lace classics, were re-issued ‘due to popular demand’. That felt good. I’m thrilled with how well these books have sold and by the great things people have said about them. Asking for Trouble, my controversial noirish thriller about sleaze, danger and submission, is particularly close to my heart.
My third novel, Split, a tale of bondage and submission set in an isolated puppet museum, was published in late 2007 and has received some wonderful reviews. My novella, The Vampire’s Heart, was released at the same time in Lust Bites, the first in a paranormal novella series from Black Lace.
I live in Brighton, a seaside town in the south of England where Asking for Trouble is set. I’m currently working on short story erotica and a neo-gothic suspense novel.
