Alisa Kriegel, PhD is a psychologist with a private practice in New York City, working with adults and couples. She is on a mission to give people permission to seek pleasure and believes everyone deserves to experience incredible, mind-blowing sex.

Her debut memoir, From Sexless Marriage to Sex Goddess, tells the story of her own transformation. After twenty-five years in a marriage with little intimacy, her husband’s revelation of an affair with a man upended their life together. That rupture sparked a journey of self-discovery that pushed Kriegel to confront shame, challenge old beliefs, and claim her desires.

She writes candidly about solo exploration, dating, nontraditional relationships, and even her first visit to a sex club, while also navigating divorce and co-parenting. Interweaving past and present, she explores how childhood lessons about shame and a pragmatic marriage shaped her, and how she ultimately redefined intimacy, love, and self-worth.

Her story is both personal and universal, inviting readers to embrace vulnerability, authenticity, and pleasure. Kriegel also hosts the podcast Let’s Talk About Sex, Really and lives in New York, NY.

Suzanne Trauth is a novelist and playwright. Her novels include What Remains of Love (a first-place winner in Women's Fiction, Firebird Book Awards; a finalist in General Fiction, American Book Festival; and a finalist for the Hemingway Prize) and the Dodie O’Dell mystery series–Show Time, Time Out, Running Out of Time, Just in Time, No More Time and Killing Time.

Her plays include Laws of the Universe (semi-finalist Premiere Stages New Play Festival), La Fonda (HRC Showcase Theatre; semi-finalist Premiere Stages New Play Festival), Françoise (nominated for Kilroy List; semi-finalist Boomerang New Play Festival), Midwives, Rehearsing Desire, iDream, and Katrina: the K Word. Ms. Trauth has co-authored Sonia Moore and American Acting Training and co-edited Katrina on Stage: Five Plays. Her most recent novel, The First to Die, domestic suspense, was released in November, 2025. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, the Dramatists Guild, and the League of Professional Theatre Women.

Sharon White is an award-winning author whose work spans nonfiction, poetry, and fiction. She has written extensively about nature, place, and memory, bringing a lyrical and reflective voice to her storytelling. Her books include Minato Sketches (Minerva Rising Press), The Body Is Burden and Delight (Cornerstone Press), Boiling Lake: On Voyage (Jaded Ibis Press), Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia (University of Georgia Press), Eve and Her Apple (Harbor Mountain Press), Field Notes: A Geography of Mourning (Hazelden Press), and Bone House (Brickhouse Books, New Poets Series).