Meredith Russo

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Meredith Russo
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Meredith Russo
OccupationAuthor
Years active2016–present
Notable workIf I Was Your Girl
AwardsStonewall Book Award (2017)

Meredith Russo (born c. 1986/1987) [1] is an American young adult author from Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Personal life

Russo is a transgender woman who transitioned in late 2013. [2] Her debut young adult novel If I Was Your Girl is the first widely distributed young adult book about transgender teens written by a transgender woman. It was inspired by Russo's life. [3] She wanted to write a book about a transgender character with a happy ending. In addition to her literary efforts, she campaigns heavily for HIV awareness and de-stigmatization. [4]

Career

Russo's debut young adult novel, If I Was Your Girl, published in 2016 by Flatiron Books. [5] If I Was Your Girl is about a transgender girl going to a new school and falling in love with a boy. [6] If I Was Your Girl won the Stonewall Book Award for the Young Adult category in 2017 [7] and the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature in 2017. [8] It also received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, [9] Publishers Weekly, [10] and Booklist. [11]

Her next young adult novel, Birthday, was published by Flatiron Books in 2019 and is a follow-up to If I Was Your Girl, following two teenagers whose lives intersect starting from their 13th birthdays. [12]

Russo also contributed several short stories and essays to anthologies published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [13] Vintage, [14] and Algonquin. [15]

The different characters of her stories are based on people she met during her life or from her own personal experience. [16]

In an interview, she said that she has been inspired by a lot of comics, manga, [17] and fiction. [18]

Bibliography

Novels

Young adult

Short stories and essays

Awards

Won

2017

Nominations

2017

References

  1. ↑ "Chattanooga transgender woman lands $100,000 book deal". timesfreepress.com. 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  2. ↑ "Meredith Russo | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  3. ↑ "Author Meredith Russo just wants a book where good things happen to transgender people". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  4. ↑ Russo, Meredith (24 May 2016). "Opinion | What It Feels Like to Use the Wrong Bathroom". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  5. ↑ Wren (2016-06-19). "If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo – review". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  6. ↑ "Teens Review Meredith Russo's". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  7. 1 2 Jamundsen (2017-01-24). "2017 Stonewall Book Awards Announced". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  8. 1 2 "March: Book Three Wins 2017 Walter Dean Myers Award". The Booklist Reader. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  9. ↑ If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ↑ "Children's Book Review: If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo. Flatiron, $17.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-250-07840-7". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  11. ↑ If I Was Your Girl, by Meredith Russo | Booklist Online . Retrieved 2018-11-23– via www.booklistonline.com.
  12. ↑ "Book Deals: Week of October 24, 2016". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  13. ↑ "meet cute publishers weekly – Google Search". www.google.de. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  14. ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times by Edited by Carolina De Robertis. Vintage, $15.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-525-43513-6". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  15. ↑ (Don't) Call Me Crazy by Kelly Jensen | Kirkus Reviews.
  16. ↑ "Meredith Russo". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  17. ↑ Speak on It | Meredith Russo, 5 August 2020, retrieved 2021-05-04
  18. ↑ sibookdragon (2016-04-21). "Author Interview: Meredith Russo [in Shelf Awareness]". BookDragon. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  19. 1 2 "FREE STORIES". Meredith Russo. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  20. ↑ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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