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Pat Schmatz Blog Tour: Book Birthday

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:28-05:00September 8th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: New Releases, Speculative, Trans|

We're thrilled to be hosting the last post of Pat Schmatz's book release blog tour. Pat's new book, Lizard Radio, is out in stores today! You should make sure and pick up a copy-- not only is it a phenomenal read, it is also our pick for GayYA's October Book Club. :D Check out all the stops on the blog tour, and enter the giveaway here! YA Books Central The Pirate Tree TeenReads The Children’s Book Review KidLit Frenzy The Book Rat Swoony Boys Podcast Gay YA Fifteen-year-old bender Kivali has had a rough time in a gender-rigid [...]

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Author Interview: Elliott DeLine

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:29-05:00September 7th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Queer Guys, Realistic, Trans|

We're thrilled to be talking today with Elliott DeLine, author of the YA/NA books Refuse and I Know Very Well How I Got My Name, and the autobiographical nonfiction book Show Trans! We got to chat with him a bit about his work, transgender YA, and why it's so important to have transgender authors writing trans YA. We also got some great questions from Elliott's readers about his writing process and more! Vee: Hey Elliott! Thank you so much for joining us on GayYA. To start, can you share a little bit about yourself and your books? Elliott: [...]

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Have You Ever Considered Writing About Straight People?

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:42:00-05:00May 4th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, Writers on Writing|Tags: LGBTQIA, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Representation, Trans|

by Robin Talley Last week I spoke to a group of middle schoolers about what it’s like to be a writer. It was an all-girls school, and the students were earnest, smiling, and full of questions. For the most part, they asked the same sorts of things everyone else asks ― how do you deal with writer’s block, when did you first start writing, what made you want to write a book about school integration ― but quite a few girls also had questions about the fact that my books star QUILTBAG characters. I was delighted. When I [...]

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New Releases: April 2015

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:01-05:00April 5th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: Bisexual, Fantasy, gay, graphic novel, New Adult, New Releases, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Realistic, Representation, Trans|

April 2nd (USA) Weathering the Storm (Harmony Ink Press, 2015) Weathering the Storm by Caitlin Ricci -- (GAY) Goodreads Summary: "Robbie’s dad has always been hard on Robbie and his brothers, but when their mom dies on Robbie’s sixteenth birthday, he becomes downright abusive. Robbie doesn't understand why his dad is so mean to him or why his brothers resent him for their mom's accident, but he desperately tries to hide the bruises. On top of that, after his dad's horse training jobs run out, he moves them to Colorado to their uncle's ranch in the [...]

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Author Interview: Everett Maroon

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:02-05:00March 30th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Trans|

Today we bring you an interview with Everett Maroon, author of The Unintentional Time Traveler and Bumbling into Body Hair. In 2011 he was a regular contributor for GayYA-- we're so pleased to have him back for this interview on his books, trans YA, and himself. Hope you enjoy! The Unintentional Time Traveler by Everett Maroon (2014, Booktrope Editions) Fifteen-year-old Jack Inman has mad skills with cars and engines, but knows he'll never get a driver's license because of his epilepsy. Agreeing to participate in an experimental clinical trial to find new treatments for his disease, he finds himself in [...]

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Criticism and Discussion of The Other Me

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:03-05:00March 20th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: Non Binary, Trans|

by Suzanne Van Rooyen Authors need a thick skin. Putting a book out there for others to read takes enormous amounts of courage. Not only does it feel like you're exposing yourself – if not laying your soul bare for strangers' eyes – but you're also opening yourself up to the possibility of criticism, and not just the constructive kind. All of this I had experienced before with my previous novels, so I knew what was coming when my YA trans novel, The Other Me, made its way into the world. But I wasn't entirely prepared for the [...]

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A Girl Like Me

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:03-05:00March 14th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: graphic novel, publishing, Trans|

With more publishing options out there than ever before, and many stories of success and failure on every front, how do you know which path is right for you? Traditional, indie, and self-publishing all have their pros and cons. It’s important to know what to expect with each one, but it’s even more important to know yourself and your project. Know your strengths, your limitations, and your relationship to the project. Each project is different. What is an ideal publishing route for one might not be for another. In a feature I wrote on publishing, author Steve Almond [...]

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Exclusive Cover Reveal + Interview: Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:42:06-05:00March 9th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: Trans|

We're so happy to be revealing the cover of Pat Schmatz's newest novel, Lizard Radio! Lizard Radio will be released September 2015. I could go on for quite awhile about how excited I am for this book, but I think you'll experience the excitement yourself, as you learn more about this book, without any prompting. First, here is the newly released blurb! FEAST YOUR EYES. Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz: Fifteen-year-old bender Kivali has had a rough time in a gender-rigid culture. Abandoned as a baby and raised by Sheila, an ardent nonconformist, Kivali has always been surrounded by uncertainty. Where [...]

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Stonewall Book Award – 2015 Winners

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:07-05:00February 3rd, 2015|Categories: Archive|Tags: Middle Grade, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Trans|

Each year the American Library Association (ALA) announces the Youth Media Awards given to outstanding children and young adult books (including audiobooks, videos and graphic novels). This year the awards were presented on Monday Feb 1st, in a ceremony in Chicago, USA. One of the awards presented was the Stonewall Book Award, which is granted to "English language books that have exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience" (via ALA's website). This year the books recognized were: Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award WINNER This Day in June (Magination Press, 2014) “This [...]

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New Releases: January 2015

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:42:19-05:00January 12th, 2015|Categories: Archive, New Releases|Tags: asexual, Bisexual, gay, lesbian, New Releases, Queer Girls, Queer Guys, Trans|

JANUARY 1ST (UK) The Art of Being Normal (David Fickling Books, 2015) The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson -- (TRANS) Goodreads Summary: "Two boys. Two secrets. David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth – David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal – to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in year eleven is definitely not part of that plan. When [...]

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