Lauren P. Burka writes queer and kinky science fiction and fantasy stories. In her free time, she pursues doomed affairs with serial commas, and in her next life, she’d like to be Brian Molko’s guitar. Lauren's writing is heavily influenced by fantasy authors Tanith Lee, CJ Cherryh and Michael Moorcock. Her most recent claim to fame is instigating the creation of the "straight" tag on Theoreads.