Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
Remembering Jane Yolen, Your invite to my virtual Book Launch Party, and more!
Remembering Jane My friend Jane Yolen passed away a few days ago, and while it’s incredible that her legacy includes 450 published books(!) I’m saddened to not share the world with her anymore. In addition to being brilliant, seemingly always with a twinkle in her eye...
One week from the launch of A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY — and three ways to win a Spy Swag Prize Pack to celebrate!
Book two in my "Different Kind" series is about to be released (on May 19, 2026) and I'm celebrating with 10 amazing Spy Swag Pack prizes that you can win in one of three ways: 1) Order a signed copy of A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY from one of these six awesome Queer...
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Help Fight a National Book Ban [Lee Wind Mar 2026 Update]
H.R. 7661 is a government censorship bill that is heading for a vote in the US House of Representatives, and we need your help to stop it. (If the video below doesn't play, you can watch it on Instagram.) Once again we see that book banning is not about the content or...
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What the World Needs Now [Lee Wind Feb 2026 Update]
Hi community, I'm thinking a lot about that song, "What the world needs now, is love, sweet love..." In 2002, as part of the wedding ceremony my husband and I had (it wasn't yet legal but it had all the meaning) we did a sing-along with everyone who joined us to...
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Amid the Chaos: Defiant Joy, and Hope [Lee Wind Jan 2026 Update]
Hi Community, "Defiant Joy" is one of my guide-star phrases for 2026, especially given the manufactured, mean-spirited chaos happening right now in the USA and beyond. In the face of the powers that want us unhappy and scared, JOY feels defiant. JOY is resistance. JOY...
Banana Menorah Launch, Year-End Lists, Interviews, and a Copy Edit Completed… Lee Wind Dec 2025 Update
Banana Menorah LaunchMy 8th book, the picture book BANANA MENORAH published last month, and I had a wonderful time at Pages, my local indie bookstore where I was one of two authors they hosted for the Manhattan Beach holiday pier lighting celebration. There were live...
Two Early October events and Queer KidLit Recommendations!
Hello community! Join me Online: On Saturday Oct 4, 2025, my picture book Love of the Half-Eaten Peach (beautifully illustrated by Jieting Chen) is one of five finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards in the children's books category! They're doing an all-day...
Lee Wind Author Updates for August 2025 – A Lambda Literary Finalist spot for “Love of the Half-Eaten Peach,” Early Reviews from SLJ & PW for “Banana Menorah,” and more
Hi Community! I'm working hard to stay focused in this moment where the forces of chaos rage, wanting all of our attention so we have nothing left for kindness, or art, or standing up for each other in community. Part of that is this monthly exercise of sharing the...
Lee Wind Author Updates for July 2025 – a Kirkus STAR for “Like That Eleanor,” a July 27 Event for families at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center, and more
Hi community! Amidst everything, I'm glad to be able to share these updates with you... 1. If you're in the New York area and can get to The Playhouse at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (106 Valkill Park Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538) on Sunday July 27, 2025 I...
