KB Brookins | |
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![]() Brookins at the 2024 Texas Book Festival | |
Born | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | August 28, 1995
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Texas Christian University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (MFA) |
Genres | Poetry, Creative Nonfiction |
Notable works | Pretty: A Memoir, Freedom House, How To Identify Yourself With a Wound |
Notable awards | National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship, Stonewall Book Award, Lambda Literary Award |
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KB Brookins (born August 28, 1995) is a Black American author. Brookins is a 2023 Creative Writing fellow with the National Endowment for the Arts and the author of three books: How To Identify Yourself with a Wound, Freedom House, and Pretty: A Memoir. [1] [2]
Brookins was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. [3] They attended Texas Christian University and graduated in 2017. [4] Their work is often described as hopeful, unique, and candid. [5] [6] [7]
Freedom House explores themes of race, transgender identity, and gentrification among others. [8] [9] [10] Vogue called their writing style in the book "urgent and timely while still holding space for the possibility of a life lived on one’s own terms." [11] Freedom House won the 2024 Stonewall Book Award Barbara Gittings Literature Award and an award with the Texas Institute of Letters. [12] [13] It was named a best book of 2023 by Autostraddle, Texas Observer, Ms., and Chicago Review of Books. [14] [15] [16]
In 2024, Brookins published their debut memoir called Pretty. [17] [18] It has gotten favorable reviews in Kirkus Reviews and GLAAD among other venues. [19] [20] [21] Pretty is a finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Nonfiction. [22]
Brookins identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. [23]
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