About the Author

Robet J. Rubel, Ph.D. Robert Rubel (Dr. Bob), author, educator and photographer is an educational sociologist and researcher by training. He and his partner currently have six books in print and two DVDs ( one on fire play and one on beginning impact play). The recipient of the 2008 Pantheon of Leather's Community Choice Award (man), Dr. Bob has been involved in the BDSM and Total Power Exchange (TPE) scene since the summer of 2001, throwing himself into the literature of the field as though it were an academic study. He presents, judges, and sells his books at weekend kink conferences throughout the year. M. Jen Fairfield Ms Fairfield grew up in the world of authority-imbalanced relationships. She was the daughter of a military officer who taught his family about honor, integrity, and loyalty as well as about formal, structured behavior. Jen found her home in the Leather culture in the fall of 2010 and has embraced her calling as a Leather woman-to live a highly focused life with partners who are willing to hold themselves to exacting moral and ethical standards.