There are moments when words come hard. When I started this blog over 13 years ago, I thought that maybe there were 30 books - picture books, middle grade, Young Adult - 30 books with LGBTQ main characters or themes. In all. That number has grown, and grown, and grown...
This Publishers Weekly interview with me by Jennifer Young, Four Questions for Lee Wind, is really nice. It's a chance for me to speak from my heart about what inspired me to write "No Way, They Were Gay?", what Queer History means to me, my hopes for readers, and so...
Perfectly Linus, Perfectly Charlie, and Perfectly Bella by Camilla Gisslow, illustrated by Klaudia Drabikowska, translated by Ian Muller Meet Linus, Bella and Charlie. Three kids with different identities here to tell us how they want to look on the outside and how we...
This was totally inspiring! There are a bunch of articles on what Trevor Wilkinson achieved in his fight not just to be able to wear nail polish if he wanted to, but to let other students be free of the constraints of a gendered dress code. The scoop is that Trevor...
Charlotte Robinson is an Emmy-winning broadcast journalist and does a great interview! We had a wonderful discussion and the interview is now available wherever you listen to podcasts, or you can listen here. (16:32) My thanks to Charlotte for the opportunity! The...
"Guardian of the Dead" by Karen Healey Seventeen-year-old Ellie Spencer is just like any other teenager at her boarding school. She hangs out with her best friend Kevin, she obsesses over Mark, a cute and mysterious bad boy, and her biggest worry is her paper...
