Hugh Ryan

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Hugh Ryan
Occupation
  • Historian
  • writer
NationalityAmerican
Genre Non-fiction
Notable awards Stonewall Book Award (2023)

Hugh Ryan is an American historian and non-fiction writer focusing on the LGBT history of New York City. He wrote The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison and When Brooklyn Was Queer.

The Women's House of Detention focuses on the queer women and transmasculine people who were systematically imprisoned in the New York City institution. [1] The book won the American Library Association's 2023 Stonewall Book Award for nonfiction [2] and Publishers Weekly called it "a vital contribution to LGBTQ history." [3] Kirkus Reviews called it a "blistering critique of the country’s ‘criminal legal system’.” [4]

When Brooklyn Was Queer focuses on the LGBT history of the borough's waterfront. The book was a 2019 New York Times Editor's Choice [5] and one of Harper's Bazaar's Best LGBTQ books of 2019. [6] It was a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction. [7]

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References

  1. "The Women's House of Detention". Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  2. "Queer Author Talk: Hugh Ryan with Jennifer Love Williams on The Women's House of Detention". Brooklyn Public Library. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  3. "The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan". Publishers Weekly. February 2, 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  4. THE WOMEN'S HOUSE OF DETENTION | Kirkus Reviews.
  5. Crain, Caleb (2019-04-20). "'When Brooklyn Was Queer' Evokes the Borough's Hidden History". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  6. "Celebrate National Coming Out Day with the Best LGBTQ Books of 2019". Harper's BAZAAR. 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  7. "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-24.