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- ↑ "A Pair of Recent Novels". The Cincinnati Post. 10 March 1951.
- 1 2 Donnelly, Matt (23 February 2022). "Fritz Peters, Early LGBTQ Literary Icon, Coming to Screens and Bookshelves in New Rights Deal". Variety.
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- ↑ Donnelly, Matt (5 June 2024). "Emile Hirsch to Narrate Audiobooks of Pioneering Queer Author Fritz Peters". Variety.