CLAIRE FAIRCHILD

​Claire Fairchild is a writer, entrepreneur, and lifelong practitioner of consensual BDSM with more than three decades of experience in both dominant and submissive roles. A self-described switch, she brings to her writing the same analytical rigor she has applied across a varied career that has included building businesses, raising a family, dismantling a corrupt international organization, and developing an effective treatment for profound dyslexia.

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Her approach to BDSM has always been psychological rather than purely physical – grounded in trust, communication, and a genuine curiosity about the neuroscience underlying human intimacy. The Art of the Scene distills a lifetime of that experience into practical guidance for couples and individuals who want to bring greater intentionality, depth, and connection to their intimate lives.

 

Fairchild writes from the inside. For thirty-seven years, kink play was a meaningful thread in a deeply happy marriage – a space where she and her husband could express what was sometimes difficult to say in ordinary conversation, resolve tension, and reinforce their bond. She credits that shared practice, in part, for the richness of a partnership that lasted until his sudden death.