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Andre Grossman, author of gay fantasy novel "Lost Sky," chats with EDGE about magical realms, true love, and green thumbs.

Steven Saylor returns in a big way with "The Seven Wonders," a novel made up of eight interlocking mysteries all tied together by political intrigue, impending war, and the most famed sites from around the ancient world.

She has been beheaded twice, lost an arm, and been daubed with paint at least seven times. The iconic statue of the Little Mermaid from Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale is now getting a male counterpart: "Han."

Within just a few days, children’s author Lauren Myracle, author of gay themed YA novel "Shine," has been a nominee, a non-nominee, a nominee again and, finally, a non-nominee, asked to withdraw over mistakes not her own.

A gay, 22-year-old National Guardsman leaves college and North Dakota behind to serve in Iraq, while struggling to keep his sexual orientation a secret in the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era.

This book is a testament that he is, and moreover, is a moving account that asks the reader to try -- just try -- to understand what trans people go through on their journeys toward self-acceptance, let alone acceptance from friends, family, and society.

Terry Connell lost his life partner to AIDS. Now, decades later, he recalls the bittersweet last days of his lover and the life he lived before, in the powerful memoir "Slaves to the Rhythm."

This acutely observed memoir of growing up and coming out in apartheid-era South Africa introduces a remarkable new literary voice.

Rainbow Riot, a new online magazine for teens with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents, has launched at www.rainbowriot.org to serve the 9 million young people with LGBT parents in the United States.

The tale of two male penguins who nested together, hatched an egg, and raised a chick called Tango has slipped from the #1 spot on the National Library Association’s list of challenged books, but it still ranks in the Top Ten after all these years.