John Preston (1945 - 1994) was an author of gay erotica.
He was born on December 11, 1945 in Medfield, Massachusetts, and lived for many years in Portland, Maine. A writer of fiction and nonfiction, dealing mostly with issues in gay life, he was a pioneer in the early gay rights movement. He worked as a sexual health therapist; and edited The Advocate. He was the author or editor of more than thirty gay books, including such erotic landmarks as Mr. Benson and I Once Had a Master and Other Tales of Erotic Love. Other works include Franny, the Queen of Provincetown (first a novel, then adapted for stage), The Big Gay Book: a Man's Survival Guide for the Nineties, Personal Dispatches: Writers Confront AIDS and Hometowns: Gay Men Write About Where They Belong.
He died of AIDS complications on April 28, 1994.
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