Sexual Fantasies: Gillian Anderson Announces Follow-Up
- Editor OGN Daily
- Apr 27
- 2 min read
Gillian Anderson's follow-up to her bestselling anthology of female sexual fantasies will be “even more daring”.
The original book - called Want - “gave thousands of women the freedom to talk about sex without shame or judgment; to see themselves in the words of strangers, and reflect on their own desires – some for the very first time,” Anderson said. “But Want unlocked so much more for so many and felt like just the beginning of a deeper conversation.”
Published in September 2024, Want was an instant No 1 Sunday Times bestseller in the UK, and reached No 8 in the New York Times bestseller list. The English edition is currently available in 74 countries, and translation rights have been sold for 27 different languages.
The book published 174 written essays by women, real names redacted, who responded to Anderson’s call for contributors, in which she asked: “Tell me what you think about when you think about sex.” The book was inspired by Nancy Friday’s 1973 cult hit My Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies, and Anderson’s experience playing a sex therapist in the Netflix series Sex Education, although she is probably best known for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi series The X-Files.
Each anonymous essay published in Want was paired with a brief commentary by Anderson - and, tantalisingly, one of the essays themselves is by the actor, leaving readers left to guess which one.
The follow-up anthology will continue in the same vein: “Whether you’re the Queen of Kink or have never been kissed, whether you’ve read Want cover to cover, or are just hearing about it now, I want to hear your favourite fantasies – and this time, I want to hear it all,” Anderson said. Submissions are open now, and will close 23 May.
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