LGBTQIA2+ Books, Culture, and More for Kids and Teens
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I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I Read?
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!)
Some Nice Day-Job News: I Got Promoted!
There's a really nice write-up about my new position in Publishers Weekly, this one in Shelf Awareness, it was mentioned in Publishers Lunch, and you can read the full press release at the IBPA website here! I'm proud to work at an association that wants to empower...
I’m a guest on the “Remarkable Leadership Lessons” and “Books That Make You” Podcasts
I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a guest on both of these super podcasts. Thanks to Denise Cooper for a great conversation on episode 144 of "Denise Cooper Shares Remarkable Leadership Lessons" - I'm still thinking about your perspective on redemption, not just...
Librarian Friends, Meet Me at ALA Annual 2023
I'll be in Chicago, on the library marketplace exhibition floor, helping host the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) booth #3711 with more than 270 books from independent publisher members. I'll also have brand-new bookmarks featuring the next book in my...
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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!
