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# 100 Heroes: John Preston
- URL: https://www.gtv.blue/100-heroes-john-preston/
- Published: 2025-12-11T00:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-11T10:12:32.000Z
- Description: The gay man who became a leading author of gay erotica.
- Author: Gareth Johnson
- Tags: 100 Heroes

John Preston was an American author of gay erotica and an editor of gay nonfiction anthologies. 

### Life and work

Born in 1945, Preston grew up in Massachusetts and eventually settled in Portland from 1979 onwards.

As a writer, Preston was active within the LGBTQ community - including a stint as editor of The Advocate in 1975\. He also wrote for Drummer magazine.

Preston published around 50 works of erotic fiction. Titles included Mr. Benson, and I Once Had a Master. His non-fiction works included 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 also published the novel, Franny, the Queen of Provincetown.

As a writer of erotic gay fiction, Preston was part of a trend that valued a higher literary quality in storytelling and narrative than the pulp-fiction stories of earlier years.

Preston was also a leading voice within the leather community.

Preston died in 1994 at the age of 48\. The cause of death was AIDS-related illnesses.

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