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 '' The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities'' for

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Books for Young Readers with

David Levithan David Levithan (born September 7, 1972) is an American young adult fiction author and editor."David Levithan". October 30, 2008. Gale Database. ''Contemporary Authors Online''. UWM Golda Meir Library, Milwaukee. July 1, 2009. He has written numer ...

. It was released in 2006 and won the 2007 Lammy in the Children's/Young Adult category. Merrell lives in

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with his husband Nico Medina. 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

(2006) * ''Vanilla'' (2017)

External links

Author's Site

References

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