Bill Konigsberg is the author of six books for young adults, which have won awards including the Stonewall Book Award, the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor, and the Lambda Literary Award. Bill lives with his husband, Chuck, and their two Labradoodles, Mabel and Buford. Please visit him online at billkonigsberg.com and @billkonigsberg.
Praise for The Porcupine of Truth: Winner of the Stonewall Book
Award
Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children's/Young
Adult
A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection Words like
'brilliant' are so overused when praising novels--so I won't use
that word. I'll just think it. -- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, author of
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Bill
Konigsberg's The Porcupine of Truth is at once heartwarming and
heartbreaking, a funny and thought-provoking road trip with
remarkable friends Carson and Aisha, who share tough lessons about
mending fractures, forging bonds, and discovering grace. Undeniably
human and unforgettably wise, this book is a gift for us all. --
Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle and Winger * Konigsberg
weaves together a masterful tale of uncovering the past, finding
wisdom, and accepting others as well as oneself. -- School Library
Journal, starred review * Konigsberg... crafts fascinating,
multidimensional teen and adult characters. A friendship between a
straight boy and a lesbian is relatively rare in YA fiction and is,
accordingly, exceedingly welcome. -- Booklist, starred review Equal
parts funny and profound. -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for Openly
Straight: Winner of the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
Lambda Literary Award Finalist Funny, unexpected, peppered with
terrific dialogue -- and best of all, achingly honest. -- Ned
Vizzini, author of It's Kind of a Funny Story and House of Secrets
For anybody who ever wished they could be someone else (and who
hasn't?), Openly Straight provides a fun and intriguing,
twisting-and-turning romp through sexuality, identity, friendship,
and love. -- Alex Sanchez, author of Rainbow Boys and Boyfriends
with Girlfriends Bill Konigsberg hands a great high concept to a
really compelling narrator and presents us with a terrific read.
Openly Straight is smart, funny, and unflinching. Read this book.
-- Chris Crutcher, author of Deadline, Whale Talk, and Period 8
Konigsberg's lovely novel invites us to walk with Rafe through his
season of assumed identity and his costly emergence into honesty.
It's beautiful. It's a story of salvation. -- The New York Times
Book Review * Lambda Literary Award-winner Konigsberg has written
an exceptionally intelligent, thought-provoking, coming-of-age
novel about the labels people apply to us and that we, perversely,
apply to ourselves... Openly Straight is altogether one of the best
gay-themed novels of the last ten years. -- Booklist, starred
review * Readers and discussion groups looking for new and deeper
ways to think about what it means to live honestly in a world that
sorts by labels will find this fresh and evocative. -- The Bulletin
of the Center for Children's Books, starred review For a
thought-provoking, creative, twenty-first-century take on the
coming-out story, look no further. -- The Horn Book Magazine An
original, thought-provoking, hilarious story about the importance
of embracing your true identity, and the cost to yourself and
others when you don't. -- Julie Ann Peters, author of Luna and
Keeping You a Secret Openly Straight sports a sharp plot with a
twist, sympathetic (and totally hot) characters, and universal
appeal. It's a must-read for openly everyone! -- Lisa McMann,
bestselling author of the Wake Trilogy Praise for Honestly Ben: To
characterize Honestly Ben (even though labeling feels so wrong
after reading this book), I would first call it hilarious. But also
touching! And absolutely necessary. -- Jay Asher, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why and What Light *
Konigsberg has again done a remarkable job developing characters
and inviting readers to consider the meaning of friendship with all
its rewards and challenges. Extremely well written, this novel of
ideas is deeply satisfying and as honest as its appealing
protagonist. -- Booklist, starred review * Well-rounded characters
take readers from serious, thoughtful discussions to typical teen
pranks with ease . . . Equal parts serious and funny as it
addresses homophobia, hazing rituals, and cheating while also
delighting readers with a slice-of-life tale set at a private
academy. -- School Library Journal, starred review * Konigsberg
again realistically explores what happens when one's self butts up
against . . . the world's expectations and assumptions . . . The
result is a refreshingly honest exploration of modern relationships
and an understanding that love can take many shapes and forms. --
Publishers Weekly, starred review Honestly Ben is funny, complex,
joyful, heartbreaking, and exceedingly wise all at once. A teenager
with any question about the right way to live couldn't ask for a
better read. -- Geoff Herbach, author of Anything You Want and
Stupid Fast It's hard to write a good sequel, keeping what people
loved about the first book, but adding something fresh and new. Not
surprisingly, Bill Konigsberg pulls it off wonderfully in Honestly
Ben. -- Brent Hartinger, author of Geography Club and Three Truths
and a Lie
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