My main purpose in writing my books is to empower and liberate females period, not just sexually but just period.

-Zane

Biography-Criticism
Zane is the pseudonym of Kristina LaFerne Roberts, an African-American writer of erotica. She is the daughter of a retired theologian who taught at Howard University (father) and a retried schoolteacher (mother). Zane graduated from Howard University with a chemical engineering degree. Zane, husband Wayne, and their three children reside in the Washington D.C. area, where most of her novels are set. Like Zoe, the main character in Addicted, Zane is an entrepreneur who gave birth at a young age. Unlike Zoe, Zane did not immediately marry her husband, whom she has known since she was 10-years-old.

Zane started her career, as an erotica writer in 1997, by posting a few stories on the Internet. After several of her personal sites were shut down for content, she started eroticanoir.com where she released an e-zine, electronic-magazine, called The Sex Chronicles. After hearing, rumors from people about having a novel out, Zane decided to publish one. She had offers from many publishers, but none of them accepted the type of writing that she wanted to have published. These publishers along with many other people, believed that her writings were too risqué for the public. Zane proved those people wrong by self-publishing her first three novels including, The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth, which is a compilation of stories from her e-zine. Together these three novels sold over a million copies.

Later, Zane founded and is the publisher of Strebor Books International, which is now an imprint of Simon & Schuster. She now has over 2.5 million copies in print, along with thirty-four authors of various genres in Stredor. Zane is known for being the most successful African-American writer of all-time. Zane is also the executive producer and host of, Zane: Off the Pages and Zane: Single and Solid, two upcoming television programs to be aired on TV One.

Zane’s novels have attempted to grapple with serious issues, including domestic, sexual and child abuse, and unplanned pregnancies. Her sexually adventurous females are generally punished in some way for their sexual actives. In Addicted, Zane’s second self-published novel, Zoe turns out to be a sex addict who is horrified by her own behavior and is nearly murdered by one of her lovers. In Heat Seekers, Janessa struggles with an unwanted pregnancy. Zane believes that her novels help women realize that their fantasies and desires are ordinary. 

Currently, Zane is getting ready to launch her body product line in the spring of 2006 followed by her clothing and adult toy lines in the fall of 2006. She is also getting ready to release seven more novels. Among all of her accomplishments, Zane believes that her greatest accomplishment is raising her children.

Selected Bibliography
Works by the Author
Addicted (1998)
Shame on it All (1999)
The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth (1999)
Gettin’ Buck Wild: The Sex Chronicles 2 (2000)
The Heat Seekers (2002)
The Sisters of APF: The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick (2003)
Nervous (2003)
Skyscraper (2003)
Afterburn (2004)

 Works about the Author
Jones, Vanessa. “Zane uncovered.” The Boston Globe, 7 Sept. 2004.
www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/09/07/zane_uncovered

Zane. “Zane Biography 2006.” Eroitcanoir.com. 3 March 2006.
www.eroticanoir.com/bio.html          

 
Related Links
www.eroticanoir.com
-Zane’s personal site

 www.streborbooks.com
-Zane’s publishing company

www.authors.aalbc.com/zane.htm
-Information about Zane