Valerie Tasso

Valerie Tasso, France 1969, writer, lecturer and research worker. She now lives in Barcelona (Spain).She has several University degrees (Economical Sciences, Foreign Applied lenguages) and in 2006, she graduated in Sex Therapy, in the INCISEX (Madrid).In September 1999, she decided to work as a prostitute, for pure curiosity, as a self-knowledgment.In 2003, she wrote her sexual experiences in the book called “Insatiable. The sexual adventures of a French Girl in Spain”. This first book has been a bestseller all other the world, and they made a film of it. The Première is foreseen for summer 2008. She has written 3 more books: “Paris La Nuit” (2004), and in 2006 “The other side of sex”.In February 2008, and following the brilliant idea of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, she published an essay called “Antimanual of sex” in which she tries to demonstrate that we never speak of sex but of what she calls “the sexual standardized speech,” made of topics and clichés. She collaborates in different Spanish media (TV, radio) and writes press articles. At present, she is considered one of the most relevant Spanish writer of non-fiction books, for the originality of her work.

“Whoever ignores the reasons for the rules is condemned to respect them” is her slogan.

Works

.-2003 "Diario de una ninfómana" (Plaza y Janés) translated in english in 2005 by "Insatiable: The sexual adventures of a french girl in Spain" (Corgi Books)

.-2004 "Paris la nuit" (Plaza y Janés)

.-2006 "El otro lado del sexo" (Plaza y Janés)

.-2008 "Antimanual de sexo" (Temas de hoy)

External links

* [http://valerietasso.com/ Official site]
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