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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!)
Judith Butler on Gender – a Great Under 14-Minute Video
Dr. Judith Butler is an acclaimed author, gender theorist, and distinguished professor at the University of California at Berkeley. This video is so smart. So much of what Judith shares here resonates, including: "Many people who refuse to allow Trans people to define...
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...
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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!
