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):
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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).
- Michael Boyd
's Forever the Fat Kid ("growing up gay, black, and large, while pursuing a professional theater career").
- 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.
- 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.").
- 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").
- T.Cecil DeCelles
- 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
- 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.").
- 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").
- 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.
- Aaron Hamburger's novel Faith For Beginners and short fiction collection The View From Stalin's Head.
- Scott Gunther's The Elastic Closet: A History of Homosexuality in France, 1942 – Present (examining the interconnected realms of law, politics, and media).
- 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").
- Bev Jafek's novella The Sacred Beasts appears in the Winter 2009 issue of the New Madrid Journal of Contemporary Fiction.
- C. D. Kirven
- 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.").
- 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.").
- 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).
- 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.").
- 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.").
- Samuel Park's novel Shakespeare's Sonnets (site includes a short film based on the novel).
- 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.").
- 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").
- Steven Stanley's Moroccan Roll (comic novel about a small group of American and French twenty-something singles teaching in a Moroccan town).
- 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.").
- Ivan V., although not a GLBT-identified author, has "collected some masterworks... of world love literature, many of which [are] homoerotic."
- 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.").
- Melanie West's novel Conflict of Interest ("lesbian business attorney Meg Stryker's life and love depend on her solving a murder mystery").
- 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").
- 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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