Jaid Black is the pseudonym of Tina Marie Engler—the founder/owner of the former Ellora's Cave Publishing. Engler has been featured in every major news outlet from the New York Daily News and L.A. Times to Forbes, Publisher's Weekly, Salon, Time Magazine, to national TV news stations, major radio shows (Sirius XM,) and television talk-shows such as Montel. Ms. Engler was officially recognized by Romantic Times Magazine with their first ever Trail Blazer award for being the mastermind of adult (erotic) romance as you know and love it today, as well as for the pivotal role she played in popularizing the e-book.

Writing as Jaid Black, her books have received numerous distinctions, including a nomination for the Henry Miller award for the best literary sex scene written in the English language. Most of her novels and novellas are a hybrid of sci-fi and adult romance. She is a proud member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA.)

Little Known Fact: Jaid/Tina is a direct descendant (great-many-times-over granddaughter) of Marcus Antonius (better known in English as "Marc Antony") & his fourth wife, Octavia the Younger, who was the sister of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor.

Marc Antony left his wife while she was pregnant with Jaid's great-many-times-over grandmother, Antonia the Minor, to rekindle his romance with Cleopatra. The Egyptian queen was willing to finance Antony's army, which sought to destroy Augustus' empire.

Antonia the Minor married Nero Claudius Drusus, the military commander who eventually defeated and destroyed her father's army. Antonia bore Nero three children, including Germanicus, father of the Emperor Caligula.