While I would like to think that you’ll never need another author after reading what I’ve written (author bats his eyes shamelessly; is it working?), the truth is that we all want more, and fortunately there are some absolutely fantastic books out there for GLBT young adults. So here is the start of a list of people whose young adult writing I admire. Like everything else on this site, this list will only grow with time.
Jay Bell:
- Language Lessons (Apr 20, 2011)
- Hell’s Pawn (July 27, 2011)
- The Cat in the Cradle: Loka Legends (Aug 12, 2011)
- Something Like Summer
James Erich:
- Seidman
Jeff Erno:
- Bullied
- Dumb Jock
- Another Dumb Jock
- Dumb Jock 3: Appearances Matter
Jamie Fessenden:
- By That Sin Fell the Angels
John Goode – Tales of Foster High:
- Maybe with a Chance of Certainty (Oct 18, 2011)
- The End of the Beginning (Dec 6, 2011)
- Raise Your Glass (May 29, 2012)
- Tales From Foster High (Harmony Ink) Book 1 (this is a compilation of the 3 novellas above)
- End of the Innocence – Tales From Foster High, Book 2
John Goode – Lords of Arcadia:
- Book 1: Distant Rumblings
- Book 2: Eye of the Storm
- Book 3: The Unseen Tempest
Brent Hartinger:
- Geography Club
Robin Reardon:
- A Secret Edge
- The Evolution of Ethan Poe
- Thinking Straight
Mark Roeder:
- A Better Place
- Keeper of Secrets
- Outfield Menace
- Snow Angel
- Someone is Watching
- The Summer of My Discontent
- This Time Around
Alex Sanchez:
- Rainbow Boys (May 1, 2003)
- Rainbow High (May 31, 2005)
- So Hard to Say (April 25, 2006)
- Rainbow Road (Apr 10, 2007)
- The God Box (May 5, 2009)
- Bait (July 6, 2010)