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Love of the Half-Eaten Peach is announced as a finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award

“A Different Kind of Enemy” publishes May 19, 2026!

The follow-up to my Gay Teen Action Adventure Romance “A Different Kind of Brave,” this YA novel has strong early reviews:

““Queer teens reprise their James Bond–inspired hijinks.… The Bond references and cool gadgetry abound in this fast-paced sequel.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A resonant thriller that’s full of thrills and sensuality, A Different Kind of Enemy frames a young romance through beloved spy films.” —Foreword Reviews

“This is the book series I wish had been around when I was a teenager.… Whatever your age, if this ever-changing world in which we’re livin’ makes you give in and cry, pick up this reminder of queer joy.” —David Lowbridge-Ellis, MBE, Licence to Queer

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Help Fight a National Book Ban [Lee Wind Mar 2026 Update]

Help Fight a National Book Ban [Lee Wind Mar 2026 Update]

Mar 25, 2026

H.R. 7661 is a government censorship bill that is heading for a vote in the US House of Representatives, and we need your help to stop it. (If the video below doesn't play, you can watch it on Instagram.) Once again we see that book banning is not about the content or...

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What the World Needs Now [Lee Wind Feb 2026 Update]

What the World Needs Now [Lee Wind Feb 2026 Update]

Feb 24, 2026

Hi community, I'm thinking a lot about that song, "What the world needs now, is love, sweet love..." In 2002, as part of the wedding ceremony my husband and I had (it wasn't yet legal but it had all the meaning) we did a sing-along with everyone who joined us to...

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Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill: The Podcast

Listen to my award-winning novel, Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill, chapter by chapter, in its entirety. The idea is 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.

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