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“A Different Kind of Enemy” publishes May 19, 2026 and there are two ways you can win a spy swag prize bundle!
To celebrate publication of the follow-up to my Gay Teen Action Adventure Romance “A Different Kind of Brave,” I’m doing a collab with a handful of Queer and Queer-friendly independent bookstores across the USA and a fan art contest!
(1) Buy a copy by Jun 19, 2026 from one of the stores below and you’ll be entered in a drawing – one winner per store.
(2) There’s also a fan art contest in collaboration with We Need Diverse Books, where you post your best ‘Queer Spies Sam and Nico saving the world’ fan art on Instagram or Bluesky, tagging both me and WNDB and two people will win. (No AI art, just human art, please.) If you’re not on social media and you’re doing fan art, you can also email me the art directly at leewind (at) roadrunner (dot) com.
And sign up for the free online pride publication party on Jun 20 when we’ll announce all the winners and celebrate in community!
Cool Stuff for Queer Kids
(a.k.a. The Blog – and yes, allies are welcome!)
Day Job Awesomeness – How My Day Job Raised Over $9,500 for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation!
A screen shot of the Donor Profile article at the Binc website. Lots of writers have day jobs. I've been fortunate that for the last four plus years, mine is in the book industry in a job I love! I'm currently the Director of Education and Programs (book marketing...
“Red and Green and Blue and White” is out in the world… and I’m doing some fun events — Join me!
Spotted by a friend in Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) gift shop! How amazing is it to hear from friends that they've spotted my debut picture book out in the wild? Really amazing. And okay, a world-renowned contemporary art museum's gift shop isn't...
Before We Disappear – Two Teen Guys, Assistants to Rival Magicians, Might Be Falling For Each Other in 1909, Seattle
Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson Jack Nevin’s clever trickery and moral flexibility have served him well his entire life—making him the perfect assistant to the Enchantress, one of the most well-known stage magicians in early-twentieth-century Europe....
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My Occasional Podcast
(Because stories — especially our Queer stories and history — should be available for all.)
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.
I’m also doing the occasional podcast episode about other things, too… Listen wherever you listen to podcasts!
- Podcast announcement
- Lee Wind author photo
(credit Joanna DeGeneres) - Podcast logo
- Check out the books
Celebrate #QueerJoy
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Recent Media
Big Gay Fiction podcast -- Audiobook Connection podcast -- Read Your World Instagram Live -- 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!
