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(a.k.a. The Blog – and yes, allies are welcome!)
Donate a Copy of A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE to Empower LGBTQIA2+ Teens
Watch the launch day video here (or scroll down to view it) It's Launch day for my very first traditionally published YA novel (a full 20 years since I started this writing for kids and teens journey in earnest), and A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE is very much a book that...
Join Me For the Online Launch Party for A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE
It's been quite the journey to get here: the publication of my second young adult novel, my fourth book for kids and teens, and "A Different Kind of Brave" is packed with so many things I loved as a teenager (and still love!)Action sequences!Cool gadgets!Exotic...
4 Weeks to Launch: Revealing the Pre-Order Special Offer for A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE!
I hired A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE's amazing cover designer CB Messer to create these two character cards for the main POV characters Nico and Sam. I'd call them "trading cards" but we're giving them away in pairs (because Nico and Sam are quite the pair) and these...
9 Weeks! Countdown to Launch for A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE
I'm so excited about my upcoming YA novel. Here's the one-sentence pitch: A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE is a Gay teen globe-trotting, high stakes adventure with the heroic courage of the James Bond movies and the ongoing romance—and Queer group of friends—of Heartstopper....
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My New Podcast
(Because stories — especially our Queer stories and history — should be available for all.)
Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill: The Podcast
Join me each Thursday in June as I share my award-winning novel, Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill, chapter by chapter, in its entirety, to empower Queer teens and their allies with the information that would have changed my life if I’d learned it back when I was a closeted Gay Jewish 13 year old who loved adventure books but thought history had nothing to do with me.
- Podcast announcement
- Lee Wind author photo
(credit Joanna DeGeneres) - Podcast logo
- Check out the books
Celebrate #QueerJoy
(a.k.a. Events and News)
Where I'll be in 2024
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBW) Winter 2024 conference - Faculty, presenting breakout with Andrea Fleck-Nisbet "Don’t Call it Self Publishing: How to Successfully Publish Your Own Children’s Books,” blogger, and LGBTQIA2+ social host - Feb 2024, New York, NY.
San Diego Writers Festival - panelist - Apr 2024, San Diego, CA
Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Publishing University annual conference- co-organizer - Apr 2024, Denver, CO.
American Library Association (ALA) Annual - IBPA booth host, author - Jun 2024, San Diego, CA
Recent Media
Mombian article -- Paper Phoenix Ink interview -- Publishers Weekly (“Love of the Half-Eaten Peach” announcement) -- Publishers Weekly (“A Different Kind of Brave” announcement) -- Books that Make You podcast -- Remarkable Leadership Lessons podcast -- and more to come!