Author of "The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage" and "Wild Side Sex", and her latest ­ erotic science fiction - "Master Han's Daughter" educator and columnist on adventurous sexuality, Midori has travels the world presenting to universities, groups and media.

Midori is known for her humanistic, humorous and warm classes that help people to spice up people's sex lives and encourage self discovery and personal growth. Her weekend intensives called "Women's Sensual Dominance Weekend Intensive" and "Rope Bondage Dojo ^(TM)" have been sell-out hits for years.

Born in Japan and raised in a feminist intellectual Tokyo household, she served in the US Army while earning her psychology degree from University of California, Berkeley.

Numerous years as a sex educator with San Francisco Sex Information combines with her curiosity and explorations into the sex-positivety movement complete the dynamic blend of experiences that give her such breadth and depth of knowledge in human erotic expression.

Midori has presented at U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State, Institute for Human Sexuality (San Francisco), Society of Janus, California State University, Northridge, Leatherfest (San Diego), Black Rose (Washington D.C.), Shibari (Las Vegas), QSM (San Francisco), Odyssey (San Jose), (New York), LSM (New York), Exiles (San Francisco), Beyond Vanilla (Dallas), and more.

Her writings and contributions have appeared in Beauty of Fetish (Introduction to the book), Skin Two (UK), Ritual (UK), Secret (Belgium), Spectator (San Francisco), Mademoiselle (US), Sojourner (US), Playboy (US and abroad), Taboo (US), Glamour, San Francisco Chronicle, Village Voice (New York) and other publications as well as a college human sexuality textbook. She is currently working on several books.

Midori has also appeared on several television stations including HBO,Playboy, Peep (German), and others. She was awarded the Woman of the Year Activist Award in 2000 for Pantheon of Leather and again in 2001 for the Western Region Activist award.

Learn more about her at www.fhp-inc.com and www.PlanetMidori.com