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| picture=Alex Gino on September 15, 2016 at International Literature Festival Berlin.jpg | | picture=Alex Gino on September 15, 2016 at International Literature Festival Berlin.jpg | ||
| caption=Alex in 2016 at the Berlin International Literature Festival | | caption=Alex in 2016 at the Berlin International Literature Festival | ||
| date_birth= | | date_birth= | ||
| place_birth=Staten Island, New York, USA<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.alexgino.com/about-alex/|title=About Alex|first=Alex|last=Gino|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> | | place_birth=Staten Island, New York, USA<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.alexgino.com/about-alex/|title=About Alex|first=Alex|last=Gino|access-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514135618/http://www.alexgino.com/about-alex/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
| nationality=American | | nationality=American | ||
| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="Yallfest">{{Cite web |url=https://www.yallfest.org/authors/alex-gino/ |title=Alex Gino Bio |website=Yallfest.org |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> | | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="Yallfest">{{Cite web |url=https://www.yallfest.org/authors/alex-gino/ |title=Alex Gino Bio |website=Yallfest.org |access-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817052520/https://www.yallfest.org/authors/alex-gino/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
| gender=[[genderqueer]]<ref name="Hansen" /> | | gender=[[genderqueer]]<ref name="Hansen" /> | ||
| occupation=writer and activist<ref name="about" /> | | occupation=writer and activist<ref name="about" /> | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''Alex Gino''' is an American children's book writer. | '''Alex Gino''' is an American children's book writer. Gino is [[genderqueer]]<ref name="Hansen">{{Cite web |title=Alex Gino: 'I knew I was different as a kid' |author=Hansen, John |work=the Guardian |date=9 September 2015 |access-date=15 June 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/sep/09/alex-gino-george-transgender-protagonist-interview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623040517/https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/sep/09/alex-gino-george-transgender-protagonist-interview |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and uses [[singular they]] pronouns<ref name="about"/> and the honorific [[Mx.]]<ref name="Yallfest" /> | ||
Gino is [[ | Gino is best known for their 2015 debut novel ''George'', a middle grade novel featuring a young [[Trans women|transgender girl]],<ref name="george">{{cite web|url=http://www.alexgino.com/george/|title=GEORGE|first=Alex|last=Gino|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309170459/http://www.alexgino.com/george/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> which they first began work on in 2003.<ref name="about" /> 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 [[deadname|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.<ref name="deadname">{{cite web|url=http://www.alexgino.com/2015/08/how-to-talk-about-george/|title=How To Talk About GEORGE|first=Alex|last=Gino|date=2015-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202052826/http://www.alexgino.com/2015/08/how-to-talk-about-george/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> ''George'' was the winner of the 2016 Stonewall Book Award,<ref name="Stonewall">{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/2016-stonewall-book-awards-announced |title=2016 Stonewall Book Awards Announced |website=ALAnews |date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207041958/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/2016-stonewall-book-awards-announced |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=‘George,’ by Alex Gino|first=Tim|last=Federle|date=September 11, 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/books/review/george-by-alex-gino.html?_r=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215084151/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/books/review/george-by-alex-gino.html?_r=0|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="NYTTRANS">{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/business/media/transgender-childrens-books-fill-a-void-and-break-a-taboo.html|title=Transgender Children’s Books Fill a Void and Break a Taboo|first=Alexandra|last=Alter|date=June 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402141114/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/business/media/transgender-childrens-books-fill-a-void-and-break-a-taboo.html|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> as well as the 2016 Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Children's/Young Adult.<ref name="lambda">{{cite web|work=Lambda Literary Foundation|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/the-2016-lambda-literary-award-winners/|title=The 2016 Lambda Literary Award Winners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603040608/https://lambdaliterary.org/the-2016-lambda-literary-award-winners/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
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'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alex-gino/you-dont-know-everything-jilly-p/ |title=You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! review |date=June 25, 2018 |website=KirkusReviews.com |language=en |access-date=2020-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811234054/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alex-gino/you-dont-know-everything-jilly-p/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> ''Publishers Weekly'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780545956246 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |access-date=2020-03-17|title=You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202103442/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780545956246|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> and the ''School Library Journal''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=you-dont-know-everything-jilly-p |title=You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! review |date=2018-09-01|website=SLJ.com |access-date=2020-03-17|last=Parrott|first=Kiera|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208014111/https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=you-dont-know-everything-jilly-p|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | |||
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'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alex-gino/rick/ |title=Rick review|website=KirkusReviews.com |language=en |access-date=2020-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413214732/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alex-gino/rick/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> ''Booklist'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Rick-Alex-Gino/pid=9727915 |title=Rick review |website=Booklist.com|access-date=2020-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221151301/https://www.booklistonline.com/Rick-Alex-Gino/pid=9727915|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> and ''School Library Journal''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=rick |title=Rick review |last=Gafkowitz |first=Jess |date=2020-02-01 |website=SLJ.com |access-date=2020-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203155111/https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=rick |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | |||
==Books== | |||
* ''George'' (2015) | |||
* ''You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!'' (2018) | |||
* ''Rick'' (2020) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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