Sinclair Sexsmith (they/them) is "the best-known butch erotica writer" (AfterEllen), who "is in all the books, wins all the awards, speaks at all the panels and readings, knows all the stuff, and writes for all the places" (Autostraddle). They write the award-wining blog, Sugarbutch Chronicles, and have won the National Leather Association Cynthia Slater award, and the John Preston award. In addition to contributing to many anthologies and websites, they are the author of Sweet & Rough, a finalist for the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Erotica. They are the editor of Erotix, Say Please, and Best Lesbian Erotica 2012.