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| pronouns=they/ | | pronouns=they/he<ref>https://twitter.com/kacencallender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230702042716/https://twitter.com/kacencallender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
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Kacen Callender is an author of children's fiction and fantasy, best known for their Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award-winning middle grade debut ''Hurricane Child''. | '''Kacen Callender''' is an author of children's fiction and fantasy, best known for their Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award-winning middle grade debut ''Hurricane Child''. | ||
Callender is Black, [[queer]], trans, and | Callender is Black, [[queer]], trans, and they currently live in Philadelphia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://88cupsoftea.com/expectations-vs-reality/|title=Expectations Vs. Reality by Kheryn Callender|date=2019-01-14|website=88 Cups of Tea with Yin Chang|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206030123/https://88cupsoftea.com/expectations-vs-reality/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
Their 2020 book ''Felix Ever After'' is being adapted for an Amazon Prime series.<ref name="White">{{Cite web |title=Amazon Developing TV Adaptation Of Kacen Callender’s YA Novel ‘Felix Ever After’ |last=White |first=Peter |work=Deadline |date=31 August 2020 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://deadline.com/2020/08/amazon-kacen-callender-felix-ever-after-1203025246/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111061834/https://deadline.com/2020/08/amazon-kacen-callender-felix-ever-after-1203025246/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
"Even though as a kid I often wanted to be a boy, and wished that I could reincarnate as a boy in my next life, I never really knew it was an option, or understood the terms 'transgender' and 'nonbinary.' It wasn’t until I was watching ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' that the character Adam explained his identity in a way that made a major lightbulb go off in my head. I began to question my gender identity, and a year or so later, I began my social and physical [[transition]]."<ref name="Yung">{{Cite web |title=Six Interviews with LGBTQ Children's and YA Authors |last=Yung |first=Sarah |work=PublishersWeekly.com |date=7 April 2020 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/82968-six-interviews-with-lgbtq-children-s-and-ya-authors.html}}</ref> | "Even though as a kid I often wanted to be a boy, and wished that I could reincarnate as a boy in my next life, I never really knew it was an option, or understood the terms 'transgender' and 'nonbinary.' It wasn’t until I was watching ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' that the character Adam explained his identity in a way that made a major lightbulb go off in my head. I began to question my gender identity, and a year or so later, I began my social and physical [[transition]]."<ref name="Yung">{{Cite web |title=Six Interviews with LGBTQ Children's and YA Authors |last=Yung |first=Sarah |work=PublishersWeekly.com |date=7 April 2020 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/82968-six-interviews-with-lgbtq-children-s-and-ya-authors.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416231229/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/82968-six-interviews-with-lgbtq-children-s-and-ya-authors.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
==Published works== | ==Published works== | ||
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** ''Queen of the Conquered'' (Orbit, 2019) | ** ''Queen of the Conquered'' (Orbit, 2019) | ||
** ''King of the Rising'' (Orbit, 2020) | ** ''King of the Rising'' (Orbit, 2020) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category: Authors]] | |||
[[Category: Nonbinary people]] | [[Category: Nonbinary people]] | ||
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