Asa Akira

In 2014, Asa published her first book "INSATIABLE - Porn: A Love Story" with Grove Press, which was named one of New York Post's Best Books of 2014. Her second book, "DIRTY THIRTY: A MEMOIR" is due to release in August of 2016 from Cleis Press.Praise for INSATIABLE - Porn: A Love Story by Asa Akira:"Akira is not only passionate about the porn industry, she’s shameless, funny and even endearing."-Susannah Cahalan, New York Post (Best Books of 2014)“An intimate look at her life. Each chapter is filled with brutal honesty and self-deprecating humor. It’s touching, inspiring, and flies in the face of a lot of people’s preconceptions about the life of an adult film star. What’s most refreshing is that the high points of the book aren’t the double-penetration and masturbation scenes—even though that stuff is great—it’s her strong storytelling, which makes her struggles and triumphs in the adult film industry super relatable.”-Erica Euse, Vice"It is common for mainstream porn stars to explain their choice of profession with some variation on “I just love sex. . . . When Asa Akira says it, though, I really believe it. . . . And yet, no person can act as the flawless representative for an entire group of people — and certainly not while writing a memoir worth reading. Luckily, Akira doesn’t try to do that with her book. . . . All of which is to say, her book is a lot like her porn: raw, brutal and always unflinching.”-Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon.com"Candid, funny, sexy, and smart...Akira expertly explores the human side of the sex industry...Shocking and tawdry, but ultimately relatable, this is a tale of a young girl realizing her dreams and navigating dangerous temptations (drugs, hooking, pizza) along the way."-Royal Young, Interview Magazine"Insatiable is, at turns, laugh-out loud funny...poignant...and outrageously politically incorrect...But above all else, it’s a brutally honest look at one woman’s journey through the adult industry."-EJ Dickson, The Daily Dot