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Come to the free online launch event for Like THAT Eleanor!
My third picture book is coming out April 1, 2025 and it’s all about making the world more fair — and learning how to be an ally!
Join us for the free online reading and celebration Tuesday April 1, 2025 at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern: https://cardinalrulepress.lpages.co/like-that-eleanor-virtual-reading/
Cool Stuff for Queer Kids
(a.k.a. The Blog – and yes, allies are welcome!)
Lee Wind July 2024 Update: Kickstarter Last Call, ALA Highlights, Your Launch Event Invite for THE GENDER BINARY IS A BIG LIE, and more!
It's summer, and I'm excited to share these author updates: 1) You can still join more than 150 other backers in the BRAVE Kickstarter to empower hundreds of LGBTQIA2+ and Allied teens with their own copy of my gay teen action adventure romance, A DIFFERENT KIND OF...
Together we can empower LGBTQIA2+ Teens with the BRAVE Kickstarter!
Happy Pride month! June is PACKED with updates, so we'll run them down here: #1 - With your help, we're going to empower 350 (or more) LGBTQIA2+ and Allied teens with their very own copy of A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE. Backers can donate a paperback AND get themselves...
May 2024 Updates, Queer KidLit Book Recommendations, and More
Hi Community! The last couple of months have been PACKED, and I'm excited to share some of the good parts here:A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE news:My Gay Teen love letter to James Bond movies received a Starred Review from Foreword Reviews, Booklist cheered it for being “A...
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My New Podcast
(Because stories — especially our Queer stories and history — should be available for all.)
Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill: The Podcast
Join me each Thursday in June as I share my award-winning novel, Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill, chapter by chapter, in its entirety, 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.
- Podcast announcement
- Lee Wind author photo
(credit Joanna DeGeneres) - Podcast logo
- Check out the books
Celebrate #QueerJoy
(a.k.a. Events and News)
Where I'll be coming up in 2024
CALIBA Fall Fest- IBPA booth host, author - Sep 2024, Pasadena, CA
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!
