Claudia Dey

Bio:

Claudia Dey is a novelist, playwright and columnist. She writes the weekly Coupling column for The Globe and Mail. She also wrote The Globe and Mail’s Group Therapy column and Toro magazine’s sex column under the pseudonym, Bebe O’Shea. Her plays have been produced internationally and include Beaver, Trout Stanley and The Gwendolyn Poems, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Award. Her debut novel, Stunt, was chosen by The Globe and Mail and Quill & Quire as Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. Her non-fiction follow-up, How to Be a Bush Pilot: A Field Guide to Getting Luckier is published by HarperCollins. Dey lives in Toronto.

Latest Columns:

How can we keep the heat in kissing? Mar 10, 2011 3:22PM EST

The art of the kiss: Find a couch, lock lips, hold

Are my steamy texts going to land me in hot water? Mar 10, 2011 10:39AM EST

I’ve been texting a guy and I think it may have gotten out of hand. Should I cool it before going out with him?

My libido is insatiable. His isn’t Mar 10, 2011 10:39AM EST

It’s not a comment on your desirability, but a reflection of his appetite

I can go for a long time, but I can't reach climax Mar 10, 2011 10:39AM EST

I have a new, much-younger partner and our sex life is otherwise healthy

Am I just ‘too old’ for sex? Mar 10, 2011 10:41AM EST

‘Sexual twinges’ have decreased since taking hypertension medication

I’m haunted by my girlfriend’s past Mar 10, 2011 10:41AM EST

She's had several relationships, which makes me insecure about my lack of experience

I'm married – but attracted to my best friend Mar 10, 2011 10:39AM EST

I’m a 43-year-old woman, married 17 years, with young teenagers. In the past few years I’ve become increasingly attracted to women, and to one in particular (my best friend).