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(a.k.a. The Blog – and yes, allies are welcome!)
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....
Join Me and Sarah Prager for a FREE Queer History Discussion as Part of the Circa Queer Histories Festival Oct 25, 2023
I'm very excited to team up with the remarkable author Sarah Prager (love her A Child’s Introduction to Pride and Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World) to talk about researching and writing Queer history for kids and teens. I hope you can join...
The Cover Reveal for “A Different Kind of Brave” is Up at LGBTQ Reads!
Go check out the AMAZING cover at LGBTQ Reads! My thanks to Dahlia Adler for sharing on her amazing LGBTQ Reads site, to Choi Messer for one heck of a design, and to Candysse Miller, Jerome Pohlen, and the whole team at Duet/Interlude/Chicago Review Press for helping...
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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!