LGBTQ Kid Lit

My Debut Picture Book, “Red and Green and Blue and White,” Gets a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly!

My Debut Picture Book, “Red and Green and Blue and White,” Gets a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly!

The photo of me above was taken just after I'd seen the actual picture book for "Red and Green and Blue and White" and held it for the very first time. And the screen shot of the Starred Publishers Weekly Review is just... amazing. I started writing picture book...

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Pumpkin – Waylon, a Fat, Openly Gay Teen, is Nominated for Prom Queen as a Joke. He Decides To Run For It… And Win.

Pumpkin – Waylon, a Fat, Openly Gay Teen, is Nominated for Prom Queen as a Joke. He Decides To Run For It… And Win.

Pumpkin by Julie Murphy Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can...

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Both Sides Now – a Trans Teen high school senior is debate star, and has to argue against Trans rights (while realizing he has a crush on his gay and already in a relationship debate partner)

Both Sides Now – a Trans Teen high school senior is debate star, and has to argue against Trans rights (while realizing he has a crush on his gay and already in a relationship debate partner)

Both Sides Now by Peyton Thomas There's only one thing standing between Finch Kelly and a full-blown case of high school senioritis: the National Speech & Debate Tournament. Taking home the gold would not only be the pinnacle of Finch's debating career, but the...

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Into the Tall, Tall Grass – a middle grade book with magic where a Latinx girl journeys across her family’s land to save her grandmother’s life – and there’s surprise LGBTQ content!

Into the Tall, Tall Grass – a middle grade book with magic where a Latinx girl journeys across her family’s land to save her grandmother’s life – and there’s surprise LGBTQ content!

Into the Tall, Tall Grass by Loriel Ryon Yolanda Rodríguez-O'Connell has a secret. All the members of her family have a magical gift--all, that is, except for Yolanda. Still, it's something she can never talk about, or the townsfolk will call her family...

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My New Book!

Cover of Lee Wind's "No Way, They Were Gay?" featuring Mahatma Gandhi, We Wha, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln with a swirling diversity pride rainbow
Cover of Lee Wind's "No Way, They Were Gay?" featuring Mahatma Gandhi, We Wha, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln with a swirling diversity pride rainbow

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