Lillian Faderman

About the Author

Lillian Faderman is the award-winning author of numerous books on lesbian/gay history, including Surpassing the Love of Men and Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers, which were both named among the New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Her book, Naked in the Promised Land, received the Judy Grahn Award for nonfiction, and a Lambda Literary Award for memoir. She also has been given several “lifetime achievement awards” for gay/lesbian scholarship, including the Paul Monette/Rogler Horwitz Award, Yale University’s James Brudner Award, and the Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award. She lives in California.

Stuart Timmons‘ The Trouble with Harry Hay, chronicled a century of gay life in Los Angeles, and became a Book of the Month Club selection. He has covered gay politics and culture from theater to AIDS, as well as reported on education, environmental, and other topics. His work has appeared in papers such as LA Weekly, the Advocate, Frontiers, Vibe, and Spin and his short stories have appeared in various anthologies.