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Come to the free online launch event for LOVE OF THE HALF-EATEN PEACH!
My second picture book is out in the world and you can attend the Highlights Foundation book birthday party with me and the book’s illustrator, Jieting Chen!
Join us on Instagram at 8:30am Pacific/11:30am Eastern on Tuesday September 10, 2024 for the Instagram Live stream: https://www.instagram.com/highlightsfound/
Cool Stuff for Queer Kids
(a.k.a. The Blog – and yes, allies are welcome!)
Look At Me – A Picture Book I Wish Had Been Read to Me When I Was a Little Kid
Cover of "Look At Me" Look At Me: A Celebration of Self, Playfulness, and Exploration by Audrey Beth Stein, Illustrated by Kristina Neudakhina What do YOU like to wear? Nail polish? Fancy suits? Pigtails? Monday underwear? Possibilities are endless in this vibrantly...
The National Coalition Against Censorship Puts Out a Coalition Statement Against the Attack on Books in Schools – I’m Proud to Have Signed It
Screenshot from the National Coalition Against Censorship's web page announcing the "NCAC Leads Coalition Statement On The Attack on Books In Schools" with an insert of names of individuals who signed including me - "Lee Wind, Author and Blogger" Here's the full text...
Adrian Matthias Stevens And Sean Snyder are a Two-Spirit Couple Changing Our World for the Better
screen shot of the In Magainze article on Adrian and Sean, "Changing Cultural Expectations Through Dance: Meet Two-Spirit Couple Adrian Matthias Stevens And Sean Snyder" The story of Adrian and Sean being the first Two-Spirit couple to do the sweetheart dance on the...
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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
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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!
