Fred Bisonnes is best known for his beefcake photography and erotic illustration of the 1980s. He is also the author of Mutant Blood, sequel to Blood Narcissus, and two gay-erotica anthologies, Gemini in Manzanillo and The Boy with Bedroom Eyes, each containing a novella. His illustrations are collected in Blue. Bisonnes lives on a mountainside in rural Western North Carolina.