Meet Harriet Cross

Harriet Cross writes erotica because it makes her feel alive. She believes the mind is the playground of desire and literature is the key to the gate. You won't find confessionals or apologies in her work—just women who bring their full erotic selves everywhere they go, whether that's a crowded theater, an arboretum, or the sauna on a Tuesday afternoon.

She lives in a city on the best coast, where the coffee is good and the parking is bad. Her pet spider has no name but watches her type. She has a crush on Frankenstein's creature (but not the doctor) and has never been struck by lightning, though she's hopeful.

Harriet's stories find deep desire hiding in plain sight: a first kiss that refuses to stay slow, a film that becomes an obsession, the quiet moments when her characters finally let their hunger win. She publishes under the imprint Friction & Spite Press, because that's exactly how it feels for her to rub up against all the expectations she enjoys defying.