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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!)
Publishing Can – And IS – Doing Better: Alex Gino’s Groundbreaking Book About a Trans 5th Grader Is Now Going to Be Titled “Melissa”
screen shot from the Publishers Weekly article "Alex Gino Debuts New Title and Cover for Groundbreaking Trans Novel" alongside the new cover, "Melissa" with the words "Previously Published as "George" above Alex Gino's name. This news made me feel both happy and...
I’m Interviewed on TV about “Red and Green and Blue and White”!
Screen shot from the interview and online article "Author inspired by response to '93 Billings hate crimes writes children's book" The Friday Dec 3, 2021 interview was with the gracious and lovely Victoria Hill on Montana This Morning, a program on KTVQ, the CBS...
“No Way, They Were Gay?” is named a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books!
Screen shots of the Chicago Public Library's announcement of the "Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2021" and the availability information for "No Way, They Were Gay?" in their library system. This is SO wonderful! The Chicago Public Library has announced...
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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!
