"One of the 40 bloggers who really count." -London Times

"Helpful, hip, wise and savvy" -Mary Roach, author of Bonk and Stiff

"Violet Blue is omnipresent on the Web." -Forbes 

"A connsumate expert, a gentle guide, and the most gorgeous companion." -Margaret Cho

"America's leading (very) public intellectual sexologist, Violet Blue." -The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies 

"Violet Blue is the leading sex educator for the Internet generation." -Webnation

Violet Blue (tinynibbles.com) is a Forbes 25 "Web Celeb" and one of Wired's "Faces of Innovation." Blue is regarded as the foremost sexuality and tech expert and sex-positive pundit in mainstream media (such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Attack of The Show). 

She is regularly interviewed, and featured prominently by major media outlets including Wired (and Wired UK), Newsweek, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Salon.com, BBC, CNN, NYT, LA Times, Cinematical, PBS: Mediashift, CBS, The History Channel, Esquire, Maxim and more. 

Violet is the author and editor of many award-winning, best selling books (Amazon page) that have won numerous awards and translated into 5 languages. Her book "The Smart Girl's Guide to Porn" is excerpted on The Oprah Winfrey website. Blue connected with an audience of over 4 million readers a month with her SF Chronicle column "Open Source Sex". 

Forbes called her podcast (Open Source Sex) "One of the Internet's most popular podcasts." Blue named "Open Source Sex" for the intersection of technology and sex, and the free-flowing information exchange of the open source software movement. 

Blue is currently a columnist for CBS Interactive on Violet Blue's Pulp Tech, and is a freelance contributing writer for outlets such as CNN, Forbes, O: The Oprah Magazine, MacLife, and UN sponsored health organization, RH Reality Check. She is regularly cited in print outlets ranging from Wired UK's "Experts Predict The Future" feature to David Levy's book "Love + Sex With Robots."

Violet lectures about Internet sexuality to cyberlaw classes at UC Berkeley (Boalt; Samuelson Law Clinic), human sexuality programs at UCSF, tech conferences (ETech, LeWeb, Gnomedex and SXSWi), volunteers as an advisor and instructor about sexual health to sex crisis counselors. 

Oft-quoted and sourced, Violet has been a published writer in the field of sex and culture since 1998. She speaks at outlets including O'Reilly's ETech and SXSW: Interactive, Google Tech Talks at Google, Inc.

Awards and Honors:

2005 The Ten Sexiest Geeks (Wired Magazine)

2006 Gold Medal Erotica, Independent Publisher Book Awards, All National Categories (Best Women’s Erotica 2006)

2007 Forbes Web Cele 25

2007 Gold Medal Erotica, Independent Publisher Book Awards, All National Categories (Best Women’s Erotica 2007)

2007 Bronze Medal Sexuality/Relationships, Independent Publisher Book Awards, All National Categories (The Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn)

2008 Wired's 25 Faces Of Innovation

2008 San Francisco Guardian Best of the Bay

2008 Playboy's Hottest Bloggers

2009 Best Sex Writer (San Francisco Guardian)

2009 Best Online Sex Resource for Women (Self Magazine)

2010 Best Sex Blogger (San Francisco Weekly)

2010 Gold Medal Erotica, Independent Publisher Book Awards, All National Categories  (Sweet Love) 

2010 Sex Writer of the Year (Examiner.com)

2010 The 40 Bloggers Who Really Count (London Times)

2011 Silver Medal Sexuality/Relationships, Independent Publisher Book Awards, All National Categories (The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus) 

 

Articles and Columns, Print and Web:

1998 Filth Magazine (Feature)

1998-2005 Senior Copywriter, Good Vibrations (Print and Web)

1999 Gothic Net Magazine (Feature)

1999-2000 Columnist/Editor, Necromantic Magazine

2000-2005 Columnist/Founding Editor, Good Vibes Magazine

2007 O: The Oprah Magazine (Feature)

2008 Forbes (Feature)

2010 MacLife (Feature)

2010 Maclife (Feature)

2010 Bizarre Magazine (Feature)

2010 Bizarre Magazine (Feature)

2000 RH Reality Check (Feature)

2007-2010 Columnist San Francisco Chronicle

 

Books, Author:

2002 Ultimate Guide: Cunnilingus

2002 Ultimate Guide: Fellatio

2003 Ultimate Guide: Adult Videos

2003 Adventurous Couple’s Guide: Sex Toys

2004 Ultimate Guide: Sexual Fantasy

2005 Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn

2006 Fetish Sex

2007 Smart Girl’s Guide to the G-Spot

2007 Adventurous Couple’s Guide: Strap-On Sex

2010 Seal It With A Kiss

2011 Total Flirt

 

Books, Editor:

2000 Sweet Life

2003 Sweet Life 2

2004 Taboo

2005 Best Sex Writing

2006 Best Women’s Erotica

2006 Lips Like Sugar

2007 Best Women’s Erotica

2007 Lust

2008 Best Women’s Erotica 

2009 Best Women’s Erotica

2009 Girls On Top

2010 Best Women’s Erotica

2010 Best of the Best Women's Erotica

2010 Just Watch Me

2010 Sweet Love

2011 Best Women's Erotica

2011 Sweet Danger

2012 Best Women's Erotica

2012 One Night Only

 

Introductions and Essays:

2004 Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z (Bussel)

2005 Naked Ambition (Milne)

2005 Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong (Kick)

2005 Whipped (Queen)

2006 She’s Such A Geek (Newitz and Anders)

2008 Best Sex Writing (Bussel)

2008 101 Sexy Dares (Corn)

2009 Best Sex Writing (Bussel)

2010 Best Sex Writing (Bussel)

2011 Heat Wave (Tyler)

2011 The Ultimate Guide to Female Orgasm (Hart)

 

Self-Published Books (Digitapub.com):

2007 Creatures of the Night

2007 Erotic Role Play

2008 Open Source Sex Ed

2008 Sweet Heat

2008 The Modern Safer Sex Guide

2008 How to Kiss

 

Violet Blue is in no way associated with the unauthorized use of her name (or likeness) in pornographic films.