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Alex Gino

Alex Gino is an American children's book writer. Gino is genderqueer[3] and uses singular they pronouns[1] and the honorific Mx.[2]

Alex Gino
Alex in 2016 at the Berlin International Literature Festival
Place of birth Staten Island, New York, USA[1]
Nationality American
Pronouns they/them[2]
Gender identity genderqueer[3]
Occupation writer and activist[1]

Gino is best known for their 2015 debut novel George, a middle grade novel featuring a young transgender girl,[4] which they first began work on in 2003.[1] The working title of the novel was Girl George (a reference to Boy George), though when the book was bought by Scholastic, this was changed to the present title to broaden readership. Gino has expressed some regrets about deadnaming their character with this title, and mentions that if they had the opportunity to do it over, they would have chosen a different title.[5] George was the winner of the 2016 Stonewall Book Award,[6][7][8] as well as the 2016 Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Children's/Young Adult.[9]

In 2018, Gino released another middle grade novel, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! It covers Deaf culture and the Black Lives Matter movement and received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[10] Publishers Weekly,[11] and the School Library Journal.[12]

Their 2020 novel Rick is a standalone follow-up to George and is about a student coming to terms with his asexuality. The book received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[13] Booklist,[14] and School Library Journal.[15]

BooksEdit

  • George (2015)
  • You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (2018)
  • Rick (2020)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gino, Alex. "About Alex". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Alex Gino Bio". Yallfest.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hansen, John (9 September 2015). "Alex Gino: 'I knew I was different as a kid'". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Gino, Alex. "GEORGE". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Gino, Alex (2015-08-19). "How To Talk About GEORGE". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "2016 Stonewall Book Awards Announced". ALAnews. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Federle, Tim (September 11, 2015). "'George,' by Alex Gino". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Alter, Alexandra (June 6, 2015). "Transgender Children's Books Fill a Void and Break a Taboo". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "The 2016 Lambda Literary Award Winners". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! review". KirkusReviews.com. June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  11. ↑ "You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! review". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  12. ↑ Parrott, Kiera (2018-09-01). "You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! review". SLJ.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  13. ↑ "Rick review". KirkusReviews.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  14. ↑ "Rick review". Booklist.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  15. ↑ Gafkowitz, Jess (2020-02-01). "Rick review". SLJ.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
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