Claire Thompson is a BDSM author who has had over fifty novels published since 1996. Claire explores the romance of M/F erotic submission, as well as the darker side of the BDSM experience. She has also written a collection of M/M BDSM erotic romances. Ms. Thompson has been the recipient of numerous awards for her writing, including the prestigious National Leather Association 2010 Pauline Reage Excellence in BDSM Fiction award. She is a prolific writer currently banging out four finished novels a year despite being in her early 50s now and a mother of two children too. Previously published with Elloras Cave, Samhain Publishing, Black Lace Series and others, Ms. Thompson created her own imprint, Romance Unbound Publishing, in 2009.