Emerald is an erotic fiction author and general advocate for human sexuality as informed by her deep appreciation of the beauty, value, and intrinsic nature of sexuality and its holistic relation to life. Her erotic fiction has been published in anthologies edited by Violet Blue, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Jolie du Pre, and Alison Tyler, as well as online at various erotic websites including The Erotic Woman and Oysters & Chocolate erotic. She currently resides in suburban Maryland where she works as a webcam model and serves as an activist for reproductive freedom and sex workers' rights. She blogs about sexuality, sex work, and sex workers' rights from cultural, social, and spiritual perspectives at her website, The Green Light District: www.thegreenlightdistrict.org.