Benjamin Franklin Award Speaking Out features stories for and about LGBT and Q teens by fresh voices and noted authors in the field of young adult literature.
He has spoken about queer and young adult fiction at numerous conferences around the nation but always returns to New Jersey, as his cat Daulton demands it so.. by Datlow and Windling). by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling) and a gay vampire tale for the April release Teeth (Harper Collins, also ed.
He regularly writes queer spec fic short stories for teens--his most recent being a lesbian retelling of the Swan Lake story for The Beastly Bride (Viking Children\'s, ed.
He has edited the young adult fantasy anthology, Magic in the Mirrorstone (a Parade Magazine Pick), as well as Lambda Literary Award finalists Charmed Lives (co-edited with Toby Johnson) and Wilde Stories.
His novel, Vintage, was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy as well as named to the GLBT Round Table of the American Library Association\'s Rainbow Project Book List, which is recommended reading of queer books for children and teens.
About the Author: Steve Berman sold his first short story at the age of seventeen, so he\'s always considered himself a young adult author.
These are inspiring stories of overcoming adversity (against intolerance and homophobia) and experiencing life after "coming out." Queer teens need tales of what might happen next in their lives, and editor Steve Berman showcases a diversity of events, challenges, and, especially, triumphs.
Benjamin Franklin Award Speaking Out features stories for and about LGBT and Q teens by fresh voices and noted authors in the field of young adult literature
