Jeanne Thornton (born 1983)[1] is an American writer and copublisher of Instar Books and Rocksalt Magazine. She has received the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers.[2] Anthologies to which she has contributed to have won a Lambda Literary Award[3] and a Barbara Gittings Literature Award.[4] Works she has written and edited have been finalists for Lambda Literary Awards for Debut Fiction, Transgender Fiction,[2] and Graphic Novel.[5] Her 2021 novel Summer Fun is a one-sided epistolary novel consisting of letters from a transgender woman in New Mexico to a fictional musician based on Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys;[6][7] it won the 2022 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction.[8]
Biography
editThornton is a transgender woman.[9][10] She lived in Austin, Texas from 2011 to 2014.[9][11]
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Work | Thornton's role | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction | Summer Fun | Author | Winner | [8] |
| 2018 | Barbara Gittings Literature Award | Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers | Contributor | Winner | [12] |
| Lambda Literary Award for Anthology | Finalist | [4] | |||
| 2019 | Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Graphic Novel | We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology | Editor | Finalist | [5] |
| 2018 | Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction | Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016 | Contributor | Winner | [3] |
| 2018 | Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction | The Black Emerald | Author | Finalist | [2] |
| 2018 | Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers | Self | Winner | [2] | |
| 2012 | Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction | The Dream of Doctor Bantam | Author | Finalist | [2] |
Bibliography
editWriter
edit- Summer Fun (2021)
- The Black Emerald (2014)
- The Dream of Doctor Bantam (2012)
Editor
edit- We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology (2018)
Contributor
edit- Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers (2017)
- Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016 (2017)
- Procyon Science Fiction Anthology 2016 (2016)
- Where We're Going We Don't Need Roads (2014)
- Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York (2014)
References
edit- ^ Young, Royal (2012-10-12). "Jeanne Thornton's Cult Heroine". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ a b c d e "Jeanne Thornton and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Named Winners of the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers". Lambda Literary. 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ a b "Transcendent 2". Lethe Press. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ a b Boureau, Ella (2018-03-06). "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ a b "Previous Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Manning, Corinne (July 2021). "The Sound of America: Jeanne Thornton's Summer Fun". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Rudolph, Christopher (30 July 2021). "The Psychedelic "Summer Fun" Book About Trans Life in a Tiny Desert Town". NewNowNext. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b Schaub, Michael (13 June 2022). "Lambda Literary Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b glambourine (2012-12-17). "I am Jeanne Thornton, a transgendered author living in Austin, Texas. I just published a novel with O/R Books about a youthful lesbian relationship doomed by what's essentially the Church of Scientology. I also draw comics. AMA". Reddit - Ask Me Anything. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "The Rumpus Interview with Jeanne Thornton". The Rumpus.net. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Spencer, Ryan (27 July 2021). "Retelling an American Legend: Jeanne Thornton Interviewed by Ryan Spencer". BOMB. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. October 25, 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
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