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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!)
Join Me and Five Other Amazing Kid Lit Authors for a Free “Joy, Art, & Healing” Panel Discussion on Oct 3, 2021 at 1pm Pacific
So my friend Lori Synder's debut middle grade novel, The Circus at the End of the Sea, comes out on October 19, 2021. (An easy enough day for me to remember, as it's also the publication date of my debut picture book, Red and Green and Blue and White.) Lori is a force...
Eli Lieb Music Video: “Boys Who Like Boys”
Screen shots from Eli Lieb's Boys Who Like Boys music video. So fun. Enjoy! The light in me recognizes and acknowledges the light in you,Lee
Join me and Lexie Bean for an Instagram Live Interview about “The Ship We Built” on September 30, 2021 at 10am Pacific
I really loved "The Ship We Built" - and I'm super excited to have a book club discussion (For SCBWI's Equity and Inclusion Book Club) with Lexie Bean about it! To join in: 1) head over to follow SCBWI's Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/scbwi/2) on...
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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
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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!
