Kacen Callender

Kacen Callender

Date of birth	1989
Place of birth	St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Pronouns	they/them
Gender identity	demiboy
Occupation	Author

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 uses they/them. They currently live in Philadelphia.

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."

Published works

• Hurricane Child (Scholastic, 2018)
• King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic, 2020)
• This is Kind of an Epic Love Story (Balzer+Bray, 2018)
• Felix Ever After (Balzer+Bray, 2020)
• Islands of Blood and Storm Series:
  • Queen of the Conquered (Orbit, 2019)
  • King of the Rising (Orbit, 2020)

References

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