About the Author

Marci Blackman is the author of two novels and several short works of fiction. Blackman's first novel, Po Man's Child, received the American Library Association's Stonewall award for Best LBGT Fiction, the Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Best Fiction, and was chosen for distribution by the Quality Paperback Book Club. Blackman's second novel, Tradition, will be released June 1, 2013, from Water Street Press. In addition to fiction, Blackman co-edited the Lambda nominated anthology, Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco, and authored the recently published Bike NYC: The Cyclist's Guide to New York City from Skyhorse Publishing. Blackman lives and writes in New York.