Ryley Banks writes award-winning and bestselling spicy romance, mostly of the LGBTQ+ variety. She’s a connoisseur of tea and gin and loves language, especially creative profanity.

Ryley’s work has won or placed in several awards. Fate’s Awakening (coming soon) won the 2021 Passionate Plume award in the Virgin (unpublished) category. Her flash fiction story, Right Place, Right Time, was an honorable mention in the Queer Sci Fi “Ink” contest in 2021, and is included in the accompanying anthology, which was released on August 10, 2021. And she’s participated in several charity anthologies held by Passionate Ink to benefit ProLiteracy.

When she’s not begging her characters to behave or reading fanfic, you can find Ryley at: https://ryleybanks.com/ and sign up for her newsletter at: https://www.ryleybanks.com/ryleys-vip-newsletter