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Love of the Half-Eaten Peach is announced as a finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award
Fan Art Spy Swag Contest - showing all the cool things in the spy swag prize (custom keychain, signed bookplate, special edition hardcover of A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE, invisible ink pen with UV light, James Bond Movie Encyclopedia, character cards for BRAVE, new character card for ENEMY, and an arrow pointing to the buttons where you can buy a copy from a Queer or Queer-friendly independent bookstore for another chance to win.

“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!)

Internal vs. External Validation – an author’s challenge

Internal vs. External Validation – an author’s challenge

So you may have heard I have a book coming out soon. I'm really excited about it, and at the same time, I'm struggling with balancing what I control in this situation – and what I don't. There is so much I don't control. How many copies have been preordered from the...

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The many, many problems with “super straight.”

The many, many problems with “super straight.”

If you haven't heard of "super straight" yet, hold on - Jammidodger catches you up and unpacks it really well: https://youtu.be/A3Ai21yBPKw Jammidodger (Jamie) identifies as a Bisexual Trans Man, and he makes so many great points about how this new thing of straight...

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I’m throwing a launch party, and you’re invited!

I’m throwing a launch party, and you’re invited!

{pages} is excited to present a special virtual conversation between authors Lee Wind and Alex Sanchez on Tuesday April 6, 2021 at 6:30pm Pacific to celebrate the publication of Lee’s nonfiction book for readers age 11 and up, No Way, They Were Gay? Hidden Lives...

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My Occasional Podcast

(Because stories — especially our Queer stories and history — should be available for all.)

The logo for QUEER AS A FIVE-DOLLAR BILL: THE PODCAST

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!

Celebrate #QueerJoy

(a.k.a. Events and News)

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! 

 

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