Kyle Lukoff

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Kyle Lukoff
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Born (1984-06-05) June 5, 1984 (age 39)
Skokie, Illinois, United States
OccupationSchool librarian
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Barnard College
Notable worksWhen Aidan Became a Brother,Too Bright to See
Website
kylelukoff.com

Kyle Lukoff is a children's book author, school librarian, and former bookseller. [1] He is most known for the Stonewall award-winning When Aidan Became a Brother and for Call Me Max , which gained attention when parents in Texas [2] complained about the book being read in an elementary school classroom and a Utah school district canceled its book program after the book was read to third graders. [3]

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Personal life

Lukoff is a transgender man, who transitioned in 2004 [4] while an undergraduate at Barnard College, a historically women's college. Much of his work centers on transgender children. He is Jewish. [5]

Education

Lukoff went to Edmonds-Woodway High School then graduated from Barnard College [6] in 2006. While at Barnard, he was a member of Columbia University's Philolexian Society. [7] He earned his Master's degree in library science from Queens College in 2012. [8]

Career

Lukoff was a school librarian at the Corlears School in New York City [9] until he quit his job to write full time in 2020. His first book, A Storytelling of Ravens, was published in 2018 by House of Anansi Press and illustrated by Natalie Nelson. [10] His second book, When Aidan Became a Brother, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, [11] is a story about a transgender boy awaiting a new sibling. [12] The book was published by Lee & Low, an independent publisher known for works by unpublished authors and illustrators of color. [13]

Lukoff's Max and Friends series was released in November 2019 with Call Me Max, illustrated by Luciano Luzano. [14] In April 2020, he published Explosion at the Poem Factory and was illustrated by Mark Hoffman. [15] In 2021, he published Too Bright to See , which won the Stonewall award and a Newbery Honor, [16] and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. [17] He also wrote Different Kinds of Fruit

Publications

Books

Essays

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Flynn, Kitty. "Five questions for Kyle Lukoff". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  2. ↑ Yorio, Kara. "LGBTQ+ Book Challenges Continue As Texas Parents Object to "Call Me Max"". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  3. ↑ EST, Samantha Lock On 2/15/21 at 10:28 AM (2021-02-15). "Transgender boy book prompts Utah school district to suspend reading program". Newsweek. Retrieved 2021-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "2019 Festival Author Lineup – Texas Book Festival".
  5. ↑ "Blog: Conversations About Queer and Trans Literature with Picture Book Author Kyle Lukoff".
  6. ↑ "Magazine Preview: In Transition". Bwog. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "#49 - Poem Explosion with author Kyle Lukoff - Buttons & Figs (podcast)". Listen Notes. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  8. ↑ Kyle (2012-09-13). "A Letter to Corlears Parents". Corlears School Library Blog. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  9. ↑ "Staff Profiles | Corlears School | NYC". Corlears School. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "A Storytelling of Ravens". House of Anansi Press. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  11. ↑ Lukoff, Kyle; Juanita, Kaylani (2019). When Aidan became a brother. ISBN   9781620148372. OCLC   1055840422.
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  13. ↑ "About Us | Lee & Low Books". www.leeandlow.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  14. ↑ "Reycraft Books | Max and Friends: Call Me Max". www.reycraftbooks.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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  16. ↑ "American Library Association announces 2022 Youth Media Award winners". 24 January 2022.
  17. 1 2 "Too Bright to See". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  18. ↑ "Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff: 9780593111185 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  19. ↑ "The Sunken Ship: An Acorn Book (Mermaid Days #1)". shop.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
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  21. ↑ Lukoff, Kyle (2024). There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables. Macmillan. ISBN   9781250867841.
  22. ↑ Bornstein, Kate; Bergman, S. Bear (2010). Gender outlaws: the next generation . ISBN   9781580053082 . Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  23. ↑ Lukoff, Kyle. "Evaluating Transgender Picture Books; Calling for Better Ones". School Library Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  24. ↑ Lukoff, Kyle (21 November 2016). "Second Trans on the Moon". YA Pride. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  25. ↑ "A letter to trans writers who are thinking about trying to get published". Kyle Lukoff. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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