Emma Holly (1961 - 2022) was an American author who specialized in writing erotic romance novels, often with a focus on BDSM. She wrote over seventy books and was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2004 RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance.
Emma Holly was born in New Jersey and raised in Baltimore, where she lived with her older sister Laurie.
Leading back to her pre-adolescent fantasy, to be the fiancée of Batman, Holly always wanted to be a writer. After 10 years of writing, she sold her first book in 1998.
Holly specialized in writing erotica-romance and often with a focus on BDSM. Another common element of Holly's erotic style was a bisexual male protagonist. She has written over twenty books and was a finalist for the Romance Writers of America 2004 RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance.