Rex Ogle

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

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) [34]
  2. Curse of the Werewolves (2022)

Nonfiction books

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  2. 1 2 3 Weiss, Josh (2019-03-12). "Former DC Editor, Rex Ogle, On Capturing Mental Illness In Creator-Owned 'BLINK'". Forbes . Retrieved 2023-07-01.
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