Alex Sanchezwww.alexsanchez.com 1. Since all of your books deal with GLBT characters, did that automatically go hand in hand with being an author for you? I write what I know and care about. I write the books I’d like to read and nobody else is writing. I write from my heart. So far all of […]
Salvatore Sapienzawww.70x7book.com 1.When you were younger, you attended an all-boys Catholic high school, which was run by the Marist Brothers. When you got older, you became a Marist brother yourself. Was your time in high school a starting point to wanting to become a brother yourself? What exactly appealed to you about the lifestyle? When […]
Bleeding HeartsBy: Josh AterovisReview by: Laurenwww.myspace.com/joshaterovis Killian Kendall has always been a little on the outside, even with his group of so-called friends. But when the new kid, Seth, arrives, Killian sees just how excluded a person can become. Seth is openly gay, which makes the other students quietly shun him or even make fun […]
Honestly, they’re just a couple of penguins….By Maryrose Wood You all know what book banning is, right? Book banning is when some person or group succeeds in getting a book taken off the shelves of schools, libraries or even bookstores because they don’t like what’s in it. Usually the objection revolves around some issue of […]
Becoming ChloeBy: Catherine Ryan HydeReview by: Laurenwww.myspace.com/catherineryanhyde Jordy, a young gay teen, is living alone, finding shelter in an abandoned building, when he comes across a girl who is being raped. Once he finds a way to scare everyone off is when he first gets to meet this young lady named Wanda. She is rechristened […]
Girls in Trucks by Katie CrouchReview by: Lauren Girls in Trucks begins with a young Sarah, who is still going through Cotillion Training School with a group of “friends” (Charlotte, Bitsy, and Annie) but for the most part are really just the people she finds herself always going back too in times of need. As […]
The Boy with Black EyesBy: Brian LucasReview by: Lauren Based on a true story, this book is about two men who come together unexpectedly, but the attraction sets in at once. Brian can’t turn away and finds himself wrapped up in Nathanial’s life in just a couple days. Signs are shown that things are not […]
My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a CureBy Shawn Deckerwww.mypetvirus.comwww.myspace.com/mypetvirus Shawn Decker was quite unlucky from the start, but he doesn’t really feel that way anymore. He was born with hemophilia, and because of this he got HIV, which leads to AIDS. Sounds a bit depressing, right? My Pet Virus clearly […]
Ellen WittlingerInterview by: Lauren Ellen Wittlinger is the author of Hard Love, Parrotfish, and more. Her next book Love and Lies comes out this summer. Your novel Hard Love features a lesbian character and Parrotfish focuses on a transgender character. Is there a specific reason that you write books with GLBT characters? Do you think […]