Jaid Black is the pseudonym of Tina Marie Engler—the founder/owner of the former Ellora's Cave Publishing. Engler has been featured in every major news outlet from the New York Daily News and L.A. Times to Forbes, Publisher's Weekly, Salon, Time Magazine, to national TV news stations, major radio shows (Sirius XM,) and television talk-shows such as Montel.
Ms. Engler, was officially recognized by Romantic Times Magazine with their first ever Trail Blazer award for being the mastermind of erotic romance as you know and love it today, as well as for the pivotal role she played in popularizing the e-book. Writing as Jaid Black, her books have received numerous distinctions, including a nomination for the Henry Miller award for the best literary sex scene written in the English language.