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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!)
Donate a Copy of A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE to Empower LGBTQIA2+ Teens
Watch the launch day video here (or scroll down to view it) It's Launch day for my very first traditionally published YA novel (a full 20 years since I started this writing for kids and teens journey in earnest), and A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE is very much a book that...
Join Me For the Online Launch Party for A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE
It's been quite the journey to get here: the publication of my second young adult novel, my fourth book for kids and teens, and "A Different Kind of Brave" is packed with so many things I loved as a teenager (and still love!)Action sequences!Cool gadgets!Exotic...
4 Weeks to Launch: Revealing the Pre-Order Special Offer for A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE!
I hired A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE's amazing cover designer CB Messer to create these two character cards for the main POV characters Nico and Sam. I'd call them "trading cards" but we're giving them away in pairs (because Nico and Sam are quite the pair) and these...
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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!
