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“A Different Kind of Enemy” is out now! And you can still enter the Fan Art Contest for a chance to win a spy swag pack!
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 from one of the stores below…
(2) Make some cool “Queer Teens Spies Save the World” art and send me the image!
Cool Stuff for Queer Kids
(a.k.a. The Blog – and yes, allies are welcome!)
10 years later there’s a new edition of “Two Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, Her Transgender Son, and Their Journey to Love and Acceptance” by Marsha Aizumi and Aiden Aizumi
Grateful to Marsha for this gift copy of the 2nd edition of the book she wrote with her son, "Two Spirits, One Heart." Those of you who have been following this blog for a long time may remember the "PFLAG Mom" video interview I did with Marsha back in 2011. Marsha's...
Our Subway Baby – A Picture Book That Tells the True Story of How One Baby Found Their Forever Home with Two Dads
It's another picture book for the "Picture books I wish had been read to me when I was a little kid" list! Our Subway Baby by Peter Mercurio, illustrated by Leo Espinosa Some babies are born into their families. Some are adopted. This is the story of how one baby...
I’m on the Empower 2 Heal Podcast, interviewed by Dena T.!
Three fun Instagram posts Dena did of our podcast episode I'm loving having these great podcast conversations - this interview with Dena for the Empower 2 Heal podcast, Episode 33: "No Way, They Were Gay" featuring Author Lee Wind - was wonderful. We cover so much,...
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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!
