Rex Ogle

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Rex Ogle
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Rex Ogle at the 2024 Texas Book Festival.
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Notable works Free Lunch
Notable awards
Website
rexogle.com

Rex Ogle (born 1979 or 1980) [1] is an American author and editor who has published more than 100 books, including those written under various pseudonyms, such as Trey King, Honest Lee, and Rey Terciero. In addition to writing and editing for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, [2] Ogle has written a number of graphic novels and memoirs, including Free Lunch.

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Biography

Ogle was born and raised in Texas with his mother and younger brother, [3] as well as his mother's boyfriend and later his stepfather. [4] He experienced poverty and domestic violence as a child, [1] [2] which he discusses in his graphic memoir Free Lunch. [5] In the book, he also discusses his lifelong experiences with depression, anxiety and panic attacks. [6]

At age 18, Ogle came out to his parents and was immediately kicked out of his family home, after which he moved to New Orleans because he thought, "If I’m going to be homeless, I might as well be homeless somewhere cool." [1] After a short while, he moved in with his grandmother, then eventually moved to New York City, [1] where he interned with Marvel Comics. [7]

In addition to Marvel, Ogle has served as editor with DC Comics, [6] Scholastic, and Little, Brown Young Readers. [8] While editing with Little, Brown Young Readers, he worked with Neil Patrick Harris on his debut children's book, TheMagic Misfits. [6] [9]

As of 2020, Ogle lived in Los Angeles with his husband. [10]

Awards and honors

Ogle is a New York Times bestselling author. [11] Two of his books are Junior Library Guild selections: Free Lunch (2019) [12] and Punching Bag (2022). [13]

Ogle's books have regularly landed on year-end booklists. In 2019, the Chicago Public Library [14] and Kirkus Reviews [15] named Free Lunch one of the best middle grade children's books of 2019. In 2021, the New York Public Library named Punching Bag one of the year's "Top 10 Books for Teens". [16] In 2022, School Library Journal included Abuela, Don't Forget Me on their list of the year's best poetry books. [17]

Awards for Ogle's writing
YearTitleAward/HonorResultRef.
2019Free Lunch Cybils Award for Middle Grade NonfictionFinalist [18]
2020 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner [19] [20] [21]
In the Margins Award Top 10 [22]
2021Punching Bag Cybils Award for Senior High NonfictionWinner [23] [24]
2022Free Lunch Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee [25]
2023Abuela, Don't Forget MeReading the West Book Award for Young Adult/TeenWinner [26]
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist [27] [28] [29]
2024Northranger GLAAD Media Award Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology Nominee [30]
2025Road Home Michael L. Printz Award Honor [31]

Selected publications

Anthology contributions

Comics

Dates and other contributors (e.g., co-authors and illustrators) have not been provided below due to the on-going and team-based nature of comic book writing.

Fiction books

Standalone novels

Classroom 13 series

The Classroom 13 books were published under the pseudonym Honest Lee. They were co-written with Matthew J. Gilbert and illustrated by Joëlle Dreidemy.

  1. The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 (2017)
  2. The Disastrous Magical Wishes of Classroom 13 (2017)
  3. The Fantastic and Terrible Fame of Classroom 13 (2017)
  4. The Happy and Heinous Halloween of Classroom 13 (2018)
  5. The Rude and Ridiculous Royals of Classroom 13 (2018)
  6. The Super Awful Superheroes of Classroom 13 (2018)

The Supernatural Society series

  1. The Supernatural Society (2022) [35]
  2. Curse of the Werewolves (2022)

Nonfiction books

Four Eyes series

  • Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel, illustrated by Dave Valeza (2023) [4]
  • Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel, illustrated by Dave Valeza (2024)

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Ogle, Rex (June 29, 2018). "The Day My Dad Kicked Me Out For Being Gay Changed My Life Forever". HuffPost . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Weiss, Josh (March 12, 2019). "Former DC Editor, Rex Ogle, On Capturing Mental Illness In Creator-Owned 'BLINK'". Forbes . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ Etchison, Whitney (February 24, 2020). "2020 Nonfiction Award Winner: An Interview with Rex Ogle on Free Lunch". The Hub. Young Adult Library Services Association . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Klein, Cheryl E. (April 20, 2023). "Q & A with Rex Ogle". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ Ogle, Rex (2019). Free Lunch. W. W. Norton. ISBN   9781324003601.
  6. 1 2 3 "Rex Ogle's Free Lunch". Shelf Awareness . September 10, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "About the Author". Rex Ogle. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ Milliot, Jim (March 16, 2015). "Little, Brown in Deal with Lego". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  9. ↑ Lodge, Sally (November 21, 2017). "Actor Neil Patrick Harris Assumes New Role of Children's Author". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  10. ↑ "An Interview with Rex Ogle". ALSC Blog . November 7, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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  13. ↑ "Punching Bag by Rex Ogle". Junior Library Guild . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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  15. ↑ "Best of 2019". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
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  17. ↑ Simmons, Florence (November 21, 2022). "SLJ Best Poetry 2022". School Library Journal . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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  30. ↑ "GLAAD ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 35th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS | GLAAD". glaad.org. January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
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  34. ↑ Kantor, Emma (September 1, 2022). "Kindred Spirits: Children's Authors Reimagine 'Anne of Green Gables'". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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