Cynthia W. Gentry didn’t set out to write about sex, although anyone who knew about the Barbie-doll nudist camps she staged as a child might disagree. When she was nine, she self-published a book of short stories full of ghost stories and tales of talking animals, like the lion cub whose mother told her that if she roared, no one would ever want to marry her. The cub roared anyway.
The author of seven nonfiction books on sex and relationships, Cynthia continues to be fascinated by the psychology of desire. Her work has been translated into French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. Her most recent book is the novel Trois Jours (Three Days), published in France by Bragelonne/Milady.
Cynthia lives with her husband, son, and two cats in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she received her B.A. in English from Stanford University and a master’s in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. She enjoys reading, movies, good food, and running (so she can continue to eat good food).