Vanessa Duriès

Vanessa Duriès (a.k.a. Katia Lamara) is a French novelist. She is the author of the BDSM novel The Ties that Bind (Le Lien in French), based on her own experience as a slave.

She created quite a stir in France at the time of the release of the novel, due to her youth and beauty, and appeared on national television, in particular in the show of Bernard Pivot.

She also appeared in the French edition of Penthouse.

She died in a car crash on December 13th, 1993 in the South of France at age 21. Because of her untimely demise, she has achieved a cult status for some BDSM communities.

Further reading

• The ties that bind (Original French edition in 1993) - Masquerade Books - ISBN 156333688X