Jerry L. Wheeler is the editor of seven anthologies of gay erotica for Bold Strokes Books, Wilde City Press, and other publishers. His own collection of short fiction and essays, Strawberries and Other Erotic Fruits was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award in 2012. His first novel, Pangs, was released by Queer Space/Rebel Satori Press in 2022, followed by Mercedes General in 2024. He lives and writes in Denver CO, maintaining his review blog, Out In Print: Queer Book Reviews and his own editing business, Write And Shine.