K.R. Gray

I believe that sex is a part of life, rather than life and sex being things you choose between. That's why all of my stories and novels and novellas tend to take place within a self-contained "world" I've built for them, and why they involve characters that (I hope) you'll grow to know and love... or, when appropriate, to hate. I do that because fantasies are fantasies, but at the end of the day, sexual people aren't distinct and different from "normal" people. It's that kind of thinking that has really screwed our society. Somewhere deep down, a lot of people feel that you can be sexual or normal, but you can't truly be both. This is why I named my series "Filthy Dirty Normal." It's filthy and dirty. And it's all totally normal. Normal people. People you know and love. People who you might encounter on the street. Good people and bad people. Everyone does it. And as to the rest, about me personally and why I do what I do? Well, to start with, I guess I might as well come out of the closet about something: I'm a man. But despite that, it's more accurate to say that all of my books are written through a partnership between me and my wife. I write and she edits. I create and she tells me where I'm going wrong or right. The reason we can pull off such a great partnership is because we don't see sex as dirty. Not in a bad way, anyway. My books are plenty naughty and very explicit, but ultimately, they are a healthy expression of humanity. We are a couple that believes that sex is beautiful, and that too many people are ashamed or apologetic about their sexual desires. Too many people in our society have been told that sex is dirty. Too many people think that sexuality is something you should hide, because (and while few people believe this consciously, many believe it subconsciously) only deviants enjoy thinking about sex, enjoy experimenting, and enjoy simply getting off. Well, here's how deviant we are: We live in a nice little house. We have well-behaved kids. We have dogs. We have good jobs. We don't own a sex swing. We go out to dinner with friends and we don't even screw them. In other words, we are good, normal people, just like you. We're people who understand that sexuality is a part of our lives, and that believing that you are either a sexual person or an everyday person is a false -- and harmful -- dichotomy. You are both. You have more than one side to you. All of us do. What we write is frank erotica that understands that sex is a healthy and wonderful part of any life... and that you don't need to own a gimp suit, an assortment of whips, and six butt plugs to enjoy the vicarious thrill of fantasy (though if you do, more power to you). You can drive your minivan to drop the kids off at soccer practice, and then you can come home and make your bedsheets wet and sticky. You should. It's awesome.