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Bewitched and Me: A Little Personal Queer History for LGBTQ+ History Month
All images from the TV show Bewitched are public domain from wikimedia. The photo of me age 12 is not public domain, but pretty snazzy, right? Starting when I was 12 years old, the TV series Bewitched played in reruns every day when I got home from school. I watched...
A Cover Reveal, a “Vote for the Freedom to Read” Telethon on 9/24, and Queer Kid Lit Book Recommendations
Cover RevealMy next picture book, Luck Charms the Prince, is coming out (pun very much intended) on May 25, 2027, and the amazing author, librarian, and book blogger for School Library Journal Betsy Bird just hosted the cover reveal on her A Fuse 8 Production...
Summer 2026 Highlights (in pictures)
The world right now is a lot. A LOT. So many people in power are making terrible, selfish decisions. But there are still awesome people all around me, doing awesome things. And so this post is an exercise in focusing on the good. And so far, this summer has had a...
Remembering Jane Yolen, Your invite to my virtual Book Launch Party, and more!
Remembering Jane My friend Jane Yolen passed away a few days ago, and while it’s incredible that her legacy includes 450 published books(!) I’m saddened to not share the world with her anymore. In addition to being brilliant, seemingly always with a twinkle in her eye...
One week from the launch of A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY — and three ways to win a Spy Swag Prize Pack to celebrate!
Book two in my "Different Kind" series is about to be released (on May 19, 2026) and I'm celebrating with 10 amazing Spy Swag Pack prizes that you can win in one of three ways: 1) Order a signed copy of A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY from one of these six awesome Queer...
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Help Fight a National Book Ban [Lee Wind Mar 2026 Update]
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]
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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Amid the Chaos: Defiant Joy, and Hope [Lee Wind Jan 2026 Update]
Hi Community, "Defiant Joy" is one of my guide-star phrases for 2026, especially given the manufactured, mean-spirited chaos happening right now in the USA and beyond. In the face of the powers that want us unhappy and scared, JOY feels defiant. JOY is resistance. JOY...
Banana Menorah Launch, Year-End Lists, Interviews, and a Copy Edit Completed… Lee Wind Dec 2025 Update
Banana Menorah LaunchMy 8th book, the picture book BANANA MENORAH published last month, and I had a wonderful time at Pages, my local indie bookstore where I was one of two authors they hosted for the Manhattan Beach holiday pier lighting celebration. There were live...
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