"Cecilia Tan transcends time, space, gravity, and cultural norms in her line of work: erotic science fiction," according to San Francisco Weekly. Susie Bright calls Cecilia Tan "simply one of the most important writers, editors, and innovators in contemporary American erotic literature." Tan always considered herself a writer, but her career took off in 1992 when she self-published a chapbook of three kinky science fiction stories entitled Telepaths Don't Need Safewords, the first piece of fiction she wrote featuring Arshan as a character, launching him, herself, and Circlet Press, all at once.  

Since that time she has written and published extensively, including collections of erotic short stories Black Feathers (HarperCollins, 1998) and White Flames (Running Press, 2008), and most recently an ebook collection of just stories set in the Kylaran universe, Edge Plays, which includes more of Arshan’s adventures. In 2009 she turned to doing erotic romance and has published Mind Games, The Hot Streak, and Magic University with Ravenous Romance, as well as Royal Treatment with Torquere.  

She has also edited numerous erotica anthologies including Women of the Bite (Alyson Books, 2009), Sex In The System (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006), The MILF Anthology (Blue Moon Books, 2005), Cowboy Lover (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007), and many, many others, including over fifty anthologies for Circlet Press. Her stories, essays, and articles in have appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies including Best America Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, Best Women's Erotica, Playboy Online, The Mammoth Book of New Erotica, Penthouse, Ms. magazine, Asimov's, Nerve, and many more.  

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