GLBT Literature: New GLBT Authors
New GLBT Authors' Publications
Congratulations to these GLBT Authors, who have written to announce the publication of their books! This list was originally included in full on the GLBT Literature homepage, but happily it has grown so large that now only new entries appear there. Following is the complete list, including all titles.
Guidelines: If a GLBT author writes directly, with a one-sentence summary of your latest book and a link to your Web site or page, I'll be happy to include your work. Disclaimer: Inclusion on this list does not imply endorsement; this is a service to help promote new GLBT writing in its diversity.
In alphabetical order (the author's name links to a related Website, if available):
- Marcy Alancraig's A Woman of Heart (from the author: "The left-wing politics of Petaluma, California's thriving community of Jewish chicken ranchers of the 1920's is recreated as an elderly woman tells her life story to her granddaughter, uncovering family secrets about pogroms, alcoholism, adultery, sexual orientation, trust and friendship.").
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Donald Alford, Jr.'s Confessions of a Mid-Life Crisis (from the author: "This story chronicles the impact of a 20 year old on a middle aged man who is experiencing a reawakening of spirit.").
- Gregory Allen's Well With My Soul (from the author: "This is my debut novel, coming out October 11, 2011; it deals with themes of addiction, homosexuality, religion, and family.").
- Lamar Ariel
's autobiographical Ready to Male: A Collection of Letters (about contemporary black gay male identity).
- Jim Arnold's Benediction (from the author: "This novel offers a darkly humorous look at a middle-aged gay man's journey with prostate cancer.").
- Elaine Beale's Another Life Altogether (from the author: "This is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl living in Northern England struggling to come to terms with her attraction to girls while living under the shadow of her mother's mental illness.").
- Andrew W. M. Beierle's acclaimed novel First Person Plural (about "the lives of rare conjoined twins of the type dicephalus (two-headed), one of whom is gay and one straight" — won Best Men's Fiction of 2007 from afterelton.com, and is nominated for a 2008 Lambda Literary Award for Men's Fiction).
- Nick Borelli's FATA! The Act of the Avengeance (from the author: "This is a thriller about a United States Attorney who is recruited into FATA! (Fathers Against the Abuse), a secret society of wealthy, middle-age men and admiring young women, that avenges the deaths of females lost to violence.").
- Michael Boyd
's Forever the Fat Kid ("growing up gay, black, and large, while pursuing a professional theater career").
- Mike Breen's The Angel (from the author: "University of Hawaii college junior Christopher is brilliant in biogenetics and can crack every problem except how to capture fellow student Kaleo, whose evangelical beliefs forbid that he succumb to Christopher, though he does repeatedly, leading Christopher into a passionate and erratic chase that only the deepest love can endure.").
- Nona Caspers
's collection Heavier than Air ("I am the lesbian author of this book of stories [that] won the Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction.").
- Kari Caulfield's novel Pretty Blue.
- Larry Closs's Beatitude (from the author: "New York City 1995: Propelled by a shared fascination with the unfettered lives of Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation, two young men are irresistibly drawn together but find themselves forced to confront the same questions that confounded their heroes.").
- Stephan Cohen's The Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York: "An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail" (historical study covering 1966–1975).
- William Conescu's debut novel Being Written (from the author: it's "the story of a man who knows he's a minor character in a book and the lengths to which he'll go to win a bigger part").
- Cathy Corcoran's Magic Happens (from the author: "Kate Driscoll — suburban mom, recovering alcoholic, and self-described 'relentless heterosexual' — falls in love with the female instructor at the gym.").
- Ana Corman
's A Celtic Knot (a romance about two fiercely independent women who must untangle their emotional knots, to find love).
- Chris Corkum's XOXO Hayden (from the author: "Set in the late 1980's, this is a tumultuous, unlikely love story between an English pop star and a suburban teenager.").
- Robin Crutchfield's Eleven Faerie Tales (from the author: "I am a performance artist/ musician, but in this book I use faerie tales to explore the nature of life and love").
- Ellen Dean's Beautiful Strangers (from the author's memoir: "My novel is about a lesbian diamond smuggling gynecologist.").
- T.Cecil DeCelles
- Elliott DeLine's Refuse (from the author: "Dean, a 22 year old female-to-male-transsexual, is no LGBT poster boy -- still living in the upstairs bedroom of his parents' house in a conservative suburb, he can think of little to do but write a memoi of his would-be love affair with his college roommate, Colin, another trans man with a girlfriend and a successful indie rock band.").
- G. Roger Denson's Voice of Force (from the author: "My book chronicles the escalating estrangement and tragedy that ensues as a gay man and straight man search for mutual ground despite the family, faith, profits, and politics dividing them.").
- Mayra Lazara Dole
- Kergan Edwards-Stout's Songs for the New Depression (from the publisher: "Gabriel Travers knows he's dying; he just can't prove it.... Now almost 40, and with the clock ticking, Gabe begins to finally peel back the layers and tackle his demons — with a little help from the music of the Divine Miss M and his mom's new wife, a country music-loving priest. Inspired by his years of working at AIDS Project Los Angeles, as well as the loss of a partner to the disease, this is a work of literary fiction, [with a contemplative style like that of] Michael Cunningham, mixed with the black humor of Augusten Burroughs.").
- Chase Erwin's Bloodbound (from the author: "This is a vampire story with a twist: the fact that the vampire is gay is not as 'shocking' as the fact that he is also an assassin for an intelligence network.").
- Jeri Estes's Stilettos and Steel (debut novel based on the author's adventures as a teenage runaway in San Francisco's Tenderloin in the 1960s where she became, in her words, a "female gangster pimp").
- Sarah Ettritch's Rymellan 1: Disobedience Means Death (from the author: "This is collection of short stories about two lesbians who live in a strict society that selects mates for its citizens.").
- Eurypon (pen name of Andrew Ashling)'s Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse — Book I: The invisible Chains (from the author: "A long and brooding chronicle, set in a kind of Medieval world, about two estranged half brothers caught up in the intrigues of a kingdom under threat of invasion.").
- Beth H. Evans and Elayne C. Nicholas's The Watering Hole (from the authors: it's "about the struggle shared by both women and gays in the late seventies, as a woman pushes her way hrough the glass ceiling of airline management, and her dearest friend struggles for acceptance and battles with AIDS").
- Jacob Flores's Moral Authority (from the author: "In the year 2050, America has changed. Profoundly. Homosexuality is a crime, cursing is a punishable offense, and lifestyle legislation keeps American citizens on a prescribed moral path. Told from three points of view, Mark, the brash young hero who finds true love in the most desolate of places; Isaac, the renegade, who searches for redemption; and Samuel, the dictatorial megalomaniac intent on maintaining his power.").
- Bob Frey's The DVD Murders and The Vampire Murder & The Comic Book Murders (from the author: "These are two mystery novels that feature Frank Callahan, a gay LAPD detective.").
- Ron Fritschs's Promised Valley Rebellion (from the author: "This is the first of four Promised Valley novels asking whether civilization and history, with their countless heaven-sanctioned wars and genocides, could've begun differently — with, among other things, a rational recognition of the unique benefits LGBT individuals can bring to their people.").
- Jamison Gardner's novel Eight High In Heels (from the author: "The story gives an inside glimpse of the secret world of Trannys and the men that love them, as we follow Mani O'Malley's transition from an attractive cross dresser to a gorgeous, passable transexual").
- Alicia Goranson's science fiction novel Supervillainz.
- Jeff Graubart's The Quest for Brian (a political thriller inspired by the author's own experiences in 1970s gay activism).
- Robert Greene's CROSSOVER: Straight Men — Gay Encounters (from the author: "These are short fiction stories that look at what compels straight men to have same-sex encounters.").
- Robert Greene's two collections, The Gay Icon Classics (from the author: "gay short fiction fables from around the world") and The Gay Icon Contemporary Short Stories (from the author: "looks at the gay experience with modern day living... connecting us with a certain understanding of the human heart").
- Scott Gunther's The Elastic Closet: A History of Homosexuality in France, 1942 – Present (examining the interconnected realms of law, politics, and media).
- Aaron Hamburger's novel Faith For Beginners and short fiction collection The View From Stalin's Head.
- Ryan Halloway's Totally Magilla (from the author: "Pete is at a turning point in his life, and he is planning a burglary; with help from gay loved ones he finds happiness.").
- Roxie Howard's The Brain God Gave Me: A Fictional Memoir Based Upon the True Life Story of Roxie Howard ("psychological and spiritual journey of a Christian judged by Bible-believers to be possessed by demons").
- Fay Jacobs's For Frying Out Loud — Rehoboth Beach Diaries (from the author's publisher: "Life in Rehoboth Beach, a small resort town on the Delaware Coast," known for its vibrant gay community).
- Bev Jafek's novella The Sacred Beasts appears in the Winter 2009 issue of the New Madrid Journal of Contemporary Fiction.
- Tracy James Jones's Secrets & Lies (from the author: "My novel is an in-depth emotional journey into the private lives of four central characters that unfolds as a provocative, multi-cultural, modern romance with a GLBT twist.").
- Jeffrey Jude's The Disciples of Goedric Trilogy (from the author: "Weeks after the discovery of the gay gene is announced, IFC Pharmaceuticals announces the "gay cure;" but while the world is debating the drug's merits, a suspicious fever kills hundreds of thousands of gay men in a matter of hours: take the gay cure or die.").
- M. Kei's Pirates of the Narrow Seas (from the author: "a lieutenant in the British navy during the Age of Sail must struggle to come out gay while surviving storms at sea, ship to ship battles, duels, kidnapping, and more in his quest for true love and honor on the narrow seas").
- C. D. Kirven
- Nina Knapp's Reel Food From Reel Women: Our Favorite Dishes (from the author: "This is a collection of favorite recipes from women/lesbians in the entertainment industry, as well as many friends; and includes a short biography of the women in film, comedy, and music.").
- K.C. Lauer's Bad Girl Gone Mom (from the author: "This is an inspirational non-fiction memoir about a girl who is born without all of her female parts.").
- Lyn Lejeune's Elijah Rising (from the author: "The story of the Ishmael-like friendship between two young men: a wealthy white New Yorker and a black tent-fundamentalist preacher, set in that period of turmoil and crisis in American history in which scientific marvels, social unrest, economic disasters, and the First World War, created new vistas about the individual and the nation").
- Frankie Lennon's The Mee Street Chronicles: Straight Up Stories of a Black Woman's Life (from the author: "This is a candid memoir of stories about Frankie's battle to claim her life and her sexuality.").
- Eleanor Lerman's The Blonde on the Train (from the author: "Confronted with illness, or the paranormal, or trying to fight off mysterious attacks on their computers, or simply remembering to honor the fact that they are still members of the Woodstock Nation, what the characters in these short stories — some gay, some Jewish — have in common is that they keep on keeping on, because that’s what people do").
- Richmond Lewis's Stark Raving Naked (from the author: this is "A mystery novel thats part Carl Hiaasen and part Scooby Doo on quaaludes, this is a riveting and hysterical romp through a (slightly) twisted version of the modern South.").
- Vanessa Libertad Garcia's The Voting Booth After Dark: Despicable, Embarrassing, Repulsive (from the author: "My lesbian-themed book follows a group of gay & lesbian Latino club kids in Los Angeles during the course of the 2008 presidential elections.").
- Raymond Luczak's Men with their Hands (from the author: "My book, the first place winner of the Project: QueerLit 2006 Contest, revolves around a young deaf man trying to find a family of his own in New York City.").
- Timothy McGivney's Zombielicious (from the author: "In order to survive, five strangers band together amidst a zombie outbreak, where an anything-goes attitude has become the law of the land and lust, betrayal, true love, and redemption are all just a gunshot away.").
- Caleb A. Mertz's With Thoughts of Jason (a novel about the tragic phenomenon of high school bullying; the author also has another new book, The Silhouetted Leaves).
- Ben Mitchell's novel Without One Plea (from the author: my novel "portrays the legal, social and religious struggles facing a young gay man who returns to his Southern roots").
- Perry Moore's gay superhero novel Hero (more).
- Daniel Nickle's The Dashing Mister R (from the author: "An award-winning journalist has everything he ever wanted: a brilliant career, a nice Manhattan apartment, and he was in love, though he never expected it to be with a Catholic priest.").
- Peter Nicolas & Mike Strong's The Geography of Love: Same-Sex Marriage & Relationship Recognition in America (The Story in Maps) (from the authors: "The book tells the story of efforts over the last 40 years to provide legal recognition of same-sex relationships in both words and maps.").
- Jacob Orenge's Viva Lost David (from the author: "This novel explores the trends and pop culture of today's Millennial Generation through the eyes of David Vermillion, a recent college grad and lost twenty-something struggling with love and loss on a life-changing Las Vegas adventure.").
- Carol M. Palmer's Lover, Friend and Muse! (from the author: "In my novel, Beatrice Schütler, dying of cancer, suspects her husband of having an affair until she learns it's not a woman she has to fear.").
- Samuel Park's novel Shakespeare's Sonnets (site includes a short film based on the novel).
- Vince Pongor's Fragments of a crooked mirror (from the author: "This is a fantasy based on reality, a tale about the passage of an anti-heterosexual bill defending the traditional homosexual family values.").
- Allen Randolph
- Nikki Rashan's Double Pleasure Double Pain ("the story of a woman challenged by emerging affections toward a female classmate").
- Steven Reigns's Inheritance (from the author: "This collection of autobiographical poetry explores what one man is given from friends, family, the culture, and lovers.").
- Charlie Romo's Moonglow (from the author: "This is my debut novel, a sci-fi lesbian romance set in a future fashion world.").
- Toney Rowe's Trapped Inside a Female's Body (from the author's memoir: "Once rumors began to circulate that I was really a female, and someone threatened to kill me, I had to realize that it was time to find my true self.... This is a true story of my life.").
- Michael Schiavi's Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo (this is a biography of the visionary gay rights activist and author of The Celluloid Closet, the landmark history of GLBT people and issues in film).
- D. M. Schwab's 1001 Internet Jokes II – Gay And Lesbian Edition (from the author: "You don't have to be Gay, Lesbian, or a Republican waiting in the bathroom stall to enjoy this ebook!").
- Jess C Scott's New Order (from the author: "A choice selection of stylishly wild and wicked GLBT stories, featuring a suave concert pianist...a bisexual succubus...two young ladies reliving and exploring their school friendship...m/m gay street sex...a gender-bender...and a hot, epic blog.").
- Robert L. Sheeley's novel Rainbow Plantation Blues (described by the author as the "story of a young South Carolina slave holder in 1850 who falls in love with one of his male slaves").
- Brandon Shire's The Value Of Rain (from the author: "This is a tale of claustrophobic intensity about a young boy whose life is almost destroyed by his outrage at being institutionalized for a single act of youthful desire.").
- Christopher Soden's Closer (from the author: "I've been vigilantly writing poetry about my struggles and joys as a gay man for 35 years.").
- Steven Stanley's Moroccan Roll (comic novel about a small group of American and French twenty-something singles teaching in a Moroccan town).
- Kissa Starling's Sweet Kisses & Lesbian Wishes (from the author: "This is an anthology of my lesbian romance short stories").
- James Steiner's Sin and Celluloid, A Tale of Hollywood (from the author: "Inspired by classic films such as All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard, this is a satirical look at how ambitious Hollywood types use money, sex, and power to control and manipulate).
- Teresa Stores's Backslide (from the author: "a lesbian novelist who, after being shot by an enraged fundamentalist, slides back through her own life to the pivotal years of 1969–70, with Woodstock, the Vietnam War, Kent State shootings, feminism").
- Jerry Stubblefield's Homunculus (from the author: "My novel explores the psycho-sexual aspect of an artist (a playwright) trapped in a marriage, and contains a strong transgender theme.").
- Scott Norton Taylor's It's a Boy! (FREE online — from the author: "Hell hath no fury like a gay man whose Jean Paul Gaultier cologne has been emptied to make a bong. The true story of a gay couple's attempt to raise a homeless thirteen year old boy who brings with him a drug habit, learning disorders, a temper, warrants for his arrest, drug dealers hunting him and a desperate need to belong. The year was 1997. The place, Melbourne Australia.").
- T. T. Thomas's Two Weeks At Gay Banana Hot Springs (from the author: "When the ever-lovely Billie White, a gorgeous female and former flame of our heroine, Margaret (Ret) Butler, checks into the Gay Banana, the banana palms are flowering, the champagne is flowing, the sparks are flying, the mortgage is overdue and the bank, which Ret's Daddy owns, is making those most unpleasant foreclosure sounds.").
- Johnny Townsend's The Abominable Gayman (from the author: "A gay Mormon missionary in Italy faces many challenges, learns about life, and falls in love.").
- Ivan V., although not a GLBT-identified author, has "collected some masterworks... of world love literature, many of which [are] homoerotic."
- André Carl van der Merwe's Moffie (from the author: "My debut novel Moffie (a derogatory Afrikaans term for a gay man) is a result of my need to make sense of the madness around me while I was doing compulsory military service in South Africa during the 1980's. I had nowhere to turn for help or understanding — not to my parents, my Church or my friends.").
- Wynn Wagner's novel Recovering Catholic (from the author: "My latest non-fiction book is not entirely gay, but it does address issues of interest to the GLBT community, including priest-predators and the Vatican's lame attempt to deflect the blame for those predators onto being gay.").
- Timothy Wang's Slant: A Novel (from the author: "An Asian student from MIT will do anything to get his first boyfriend back while negotiating the pitfalls of the gay clubs, appeasing his tiger mom, and managing his own insecurities.").
- Melanie West's novel Conflict of Interest ("lesbian business attorney Meg Stryker's life and love depend on her solving a murder mystery").
- Michael Willhoite's The Venetian Boy (A young man, living unhappily with his parents and smarting from a disastrous love affair, is reprieved by an offer to work for his uncle, a respected art and antiquities dealer in Venice. There, he finds sexual obsession, self-discovery, and tangled loyalties).
- Tom Williams's The White Rajah (from the author: "This is the story of a Victorian adventurer ruling his own kingdom in Borneo, astold by his gay lover").
- L.R. Williamson's comic novel Prairie Springs ("a young Jewish woman... and her gay best friend" move from Manhattan to a small Texas town; more than secrets come out).
- Sonia Vazquez
's Down by the Riverbank (the life of a young woman whose experiences range from "abuse by her stepfamily...[to] falling in love with a girl").
- Elizabeth Worley's
Risking Everything: Coming Out in Coffee Land (from the author: "this is a true tale of adventure, betrayal, redemption and finding the courage to risk everything for love in the rain forest of Panama.").
- Iolanthe Woulff's She's My Dad (from the author: "This is a suspenseful tale of a transsexual woman who is forced to overcome unforeseen coincidences and prejudices in order to prove to herself and others the power of love.").
- Cayr Ariel Wulff's Born Without a Tail (true-life adventures of two animal rescuers living with an ever-changing house full of pets).
- Chuck Zito's popular mystery series about stage manager/amateur sleuth Nicky D'Amico: A Habit For Death (2006) and Ice In His Veins (2007).
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