Alina Reyes was born in 1956 near Bordeaux, in France, where she lives. She is the author of an erotic novel that brought her world wide fame, The Butcher, which was translated into 25 languages. She has also published When You Love it is Time to Leave (1993), Behind the Door (1994), and The Womens' Body (1999), My Sweet Life (2001) and her latest non fiction book is Politics of Love. Grove will publish her erotic novel, Satisfaction, in August 2004.