Christa Faust is the author of several novels, including Choke Hold, Money Shot, and Hoodtown. Money Shot was nominated for an Edgar award, Anthony award, and Barry award, and won a Spinetingler award in the “Rising Star” category. She worked in the Times Square peep booths, as a professional dominatrix, and in the adult film industry both behind and in front of the cameras for over a decade, starring in dozens of racy fetish-oriented videos. She also wrote and directed a four-part bondage adventure serial called Dita in Distress, featuring world famous Burlesque queen Dita Von Teese. Faust is a film noir fanatic and an avid reader of classic hardboiled pulp novels, and an MMA fight fan. She lives and writes in Los Angeles.