Billy Merrell
Billy Merrell (born January 7, 1982) is an American author and poet. He published his first book Talking in the Dark, a poetry memoir, with Scholastic in 2003. He also co-edited for Knopf Books for Young Readers with David Levithan. It was released in 2006 and won the 2007 Lammy in the Children's/Young Adult category.[1]
Merrell lives in Brooklyn with his husband . He grew up in Jacksonville, FL and then moved to New York, where he lives now.
Works[]
- Talking in the Dark (2003)
- The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities, ed. with David Levithan (2006)
- Vanilla (2017)
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References[]
- ^ "Lambda Literary Awards 2007". Lambda Literary Awards. 2007-05-31. Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
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