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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!)
Cybils Awards Call for Judges Open Until September 10, 2021 – Do You Talk About KidLit Online (a traditional blog, YouTube, Goodreads, Instagram, Twitter, and/or TikTok)?
The great folks over at the Cybils Awards are looking for judges for 2021 children's literature! I've done it in the past, and they're right, it's a lot of reading... It's also completely fascinating to read multiple books in the same category, and to discuss with the...
I’m a Guest on the “Books That Make You…” Podcast!
It's a podcast! It's a video! It's a wonderful interview with podcast host Desireé Duffy, called "Books That Make You Say: No Way! They Were Gay?" I hope you'll give it a listen... (Or watch!) Find out more about Desireé's "Books That Make You" podcast here. Grateful...
My Fanboy Moment – Cheering Alok Vaid Menon
I follow Alok on Instagram where they share glamour shots of themself, along with mini essays that get me all teared up, like this recent one on body hair... Read the full post on Instagram here. Alok also shares book reports that investigate and eplore Queerness -...
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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!
