Remembering Ethan

About Leslea Newman

Lesléa Newman is the author of 70 books for readers of all ages including A Letter to Harvey Milk; October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard; I Carry My Mother; The Boy Who Cried Fabulous; Ketzel the Cat Who Composed;Heather Has Two Mommies; Sparkle Boy; and Gittels Journey: An Ellis Island Story. She has received many literary awards including creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation two American Library Association Stonewall Honors the Massachusetts Book Award the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award the Highlights for Children Fiction Writing Award a Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fiction Writing grant the James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement the Cat Writers Association Muse Medallion and the Dog Writers Association of Americas Maxwell Medallion. Nine of her books have been Lambda Literary Award Finalists. From 2005-2009 Lesléa was on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine. From 2008-2010 she served as the Poet Laureate of Northampton MA. She has taught fiction writing at Clark University and currently she is a faculty mentor at Spalding Universitys brief residency MFA in Writing program. You can find Lesléa at lesleanewman.com or on Twitter @lesleanewman.Tracy Bishop has a degree from San Jose University in graphic design with a focus on illustration and animation and is the illustrator of more than 20 childrens books. She lives in San  Jose California. Visit tracybishop.com and @tracybishopart on Instagram and Twitter.