Category: Award Winner

Posted in Award Winner Historical Romance Mystery

The Madonna of the Sorrows by Nene Adams

Nene Adams | The Madonna of the Sorrows | 2006 IPPY Award Winner! Gay/Lesbian

Winner: Black by Gaslight/The Madonna of the Sorrows, by Nene Adams (Cavalier Press)

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Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner

The Chelsea Whistle by Michelle Tea

Michelle Tea | The Chelsea Whistle |

In this gritty, confessional memoir, Michelle Tea takes the reader back to the city of her childhood: Chelsea, Massachusetts–a place where time

Posted in Award Winner YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters

Julie Anne Peters | Between Mom and Jo | Jo promised Nick they’d always be together. So did Mom. When you’re a stupid little kid you believe what your parents tell you. You want to believe th

Posted in Award Winner YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Letters in the Attic by Bonnie Shimko

Bonnie Shimko | Letters in the Attic | Lizzy McCann is a feisty 12 year old who lives with her mother and father in a fleabag hotel. A divorce leads to mother and daughter moving to upstate

Posted in Autobiographical Fiction Award Winner

Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles

Jane Bowles | Two Serious Ladies | Written with biting wit and cool compassion, Two Serious Ladies is a bittersweet celebration of female freedom that has been hailed as a landmark in t

Posted in Anthology - Nonfiction Award Winner Education History

Understanding And Teaching U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender History by Leila J. Rupp; Susan K. Freeman

Leila J. Rupp; Susan K. Freeman | Understanding And Teaching U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender History | Though largely neglected in classrooms, LGBT history can provide both a fuller understanding of U.S. history and contextualization for the modern worl

Posted in Award Winner Mystery Speculative Fiction Suspense

Back to Salem by Alex Marcoux

Alex Marcoux | Back to Salem | A Lambda Literary Award Finalist!

Jessie Mercer has it all-fame, fortune, and a best-selling novel being made into a major motion pictur

Posted in Award Winner Fiction

Bird Eyes by Madelyn Arnold

Madelyn Arnold | Bird Eyes | Winner of a Lambda Literary Award on its first publication in 1988, Madelyn Arnold’s brilliant, unflinching depiction of life on the back ward of a me

Posted in Anthology - Fiction Award Winner

Indivisible by Terry Wolverton; Robert Drake

Terry Wolverton; Robert Drake | Indivisible | From Publishers Weekly

Calling this the first anthology to include literary fiction by both lesbian and gay writers, Wolverton, a writer, and Drak

Posted in Award Winner YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Far From Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters

Julie Anne Peters | Far From Xanadu | Every day in Coalton is pretty much the same. Mike pumps iron in the morning, drives her truck to school, plays softball in the afternoon, and fixes t