Empowering Queer Youth Through Stories with Lee Wind

Lee Wind writes stories to empower kids and teens to be their
authentic selves and change the world. The same books that would
have changed his life as a young gay, Jewish kid. ABOUT OR GUEST
Lee Wind's (he/him) debut picture book, RED AND GREEN AND BLUE
AND WHITE was illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky
and received five starred trade reviews, and The New York Times
praised it as “Beautiful… It’s a message the world can use,
throughout the year.” He is the author of the nonfiction Junior
Library Guild Gold Standard selection NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY?
HIDDEN LIVES AND SECRET LOVES and the novel Publisher’s Weekly
named a Top Five Independently Published Young Adult Book of
2018, QUEER AS A FIVE-DOLLAR BILL. He also runs the popular blog
I’m Here. I’m Queer. What the Hell Do I Read? – words his teenage
self only dreamed of saying. He’s the official blogger for the
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and
the organizer of the Queer Kid Lit Creators community. Lee lives
in Los Angeles with his husband of more than 25 years, and they
have a grown daughter. LeeWind.org Instagram.com/IamLeeWind A
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