Jeanne Thornton

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Jeanne Thornton (born 1983) [1] is an American writer and copublisher of Instar Books and Rocksalt Magazine. She has received the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. [2] Anthologies to which she has contributed to have won a Lambda Literary Award [3] and a Barbara Gittings Literature Award. [4] Works she has written and edited have been finalists for Lambda Literary Awards for Debut Fiction, Transgender Fiction, [2] and Graphic Novel. [5] Her 2021 novel Summer Fun is a one-sided epistolary novel consisting of letters from a transgender woman in New Mexico to a fictional musician based on Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys; [6] [7] it won the 2022 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction. [8]

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Biography

Thornton is a transgender woman. [9] [10] She lived in Austin, Texas from 2011 to 2014. [9] [11]

Awards

Awards Received
YearAwardWorkThornton's roleResultRef.
2022 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction Summer FunAuthorWinner [8]
2018 Barbara Gittings Literature Award Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender WritersContributorWinner [12]
Lambda Literary Award for Anthology Finalist [4]
2019 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Graphic Novel We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics AnthologyEditorFinalist [5]
2018 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016ContributorWinner [3]
2018 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender FictionThe Black EmeraldAuthorFinalist [2]
2018 Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ WritersSelfWinner [2]
2012 Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction The Dream of Doctor BantamAuthorFinalist [2]

Bibliography

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Editor

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References

  1. Young, Royal (2012-10-12). "Jeanne Thornton's Cult Heroine". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jeanne Thornton and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Named Winners of the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers". Lambda Literary. 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  3. 1 2 "Transcendent 2". Lethe Press. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  4. 1 2 Boureau, Ella (2018-03-06). "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  5. 1 2 "Previous Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  6. Manning, Corinne (July 2021). "The Sound of America: Jeanne Thornton's Summer Fun". The Brooklyn Rail . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  7. Rudolph, Christopher (30 July 2021). "The Psychedelic "Summer Fun" Book About Trans Life in a Tiny Desert Town". NewNowNext . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. 1 2 Schaub, Michael (13 June 2022). "Lambda Literary Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. 1 2 glambourine (2012-12-17). "I am Jeanne Thornton, a transgendered author living in Austin, Texas. I just published a novel with O/R Books about a youthful lesbian relationship doomed by what's essentially the Church of Scientology. I also draw comics. AMA". Reddit - Ask Me Anything. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  10. "The Rumpus Interview with Jeanne Thornton". The Rumpus.net. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  11. Spencer, Ryan (27 July 2021). "Retelling an American Legend: Jeanne Thornton Interviewed by Ryan Spencer". BOMB. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  12. "Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. October 25, 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-22.