YA LGBT Books discussion

I don't know the self-pubs very well. It can be hard sometimes to tell if a book is self-pub since some authors use a company name for their personal "press".

I know we have self-published authors in the group - maybe they are more familiar with what's out there.

There's one author I know of that is self-published since I am one too and his name is Richard Denney. I'm not sure how you will like his work but he writes all kinds of things try to give it a go and let me know how you like it.

c.a kunz. jen wylie. ednah walters and m.r merrick are awesome shelf pubbed authors

I'm self published and have a bunch of self published friends. M.R. Merrick (like Rogier said) M.B. Mulhall (writing partner in crime), Chelsea Cameron, Thea Atkinson has a YA series (she writes adult, darker stuff too) the first book is called Water Witch, Susan Ee, Emily Casey, Karen Amanda Hooper, Lucy Swing, Emma Mills. I haven't read them all (plan too eventually), but they all write YA and self publish.

Jay Bell self publishes YA novels.

My book Morning Rising is self pubbed http://amzn.to/PMtJ82 more fantasy than a lot of the authors you mentioned though

I self-published (via iUniverse) my YA LGBTQ novel, One Boy's Shadow , and have met many other YA authors through Twitter whom I am friends with on GoodReads. Coffey Brown and Brandon Shire have both been very supportive of my work and write LGBTQ fiction as well.

I am just starting to get used to GoodReads and hope to learn more as I go, getting to know fellow readers with similar literary interests. All the best :)

Hi, all. I'm an indie author too; just published my debut YA LGBTQ novel, How to Repair a Mechanical Heart (http://amzn.to/Qe8iPE). It's contemporary YA about two boys who fall in love on an RV trip to a bunch of fan conventions. I've met lots of great indie writers on Twitter (I'm @jclillis), and I'm interested in meeting more indies who write contemporary YA. Ross, I just came across Brandon Shire's work; he seems like an excellent writer and I can't wait to read his stuff.

Nice to meet everyone!

My self-published book is about two 17 year old friends who fall in love. I have two more books coming out with the same characters over this next year.

http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Our-Way...

My self-published book, "Killer Pappas," is about an intelligent high school student from a dysfunctional family who is expelled and begins an unexpected career that brings life-changing developments. See harryricebooks.com

I self-published my YA LGBT book Awakened which is a paranormal YA book. Along those same lines, Jay Bell has some great stuff, I'm also reading a book called Caleo, which I cannot really recommend, because I am still reading it, but it is self-published.

I hope that helps!

I've got some books coming out this summer. I'm self-publishing in the Amazon Kindle Store.

http://evaodland.blogspot.com

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My debut is available now on Kobo and Amazon

New Swimsuits

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/New-Sw...

http://www.amazon.com/New-Swimsuits-e...

Due to the nature of the content, some sex and light drug use I recommended them for ages 17 and above.

I self-published a book with another author, Shannon Dermott. Alliance It is YA and available on amazon and Barnes and noble. I can't really recommend any YA self-published, but if your feeling adventurous, and looking for some mystery and little more adult themes, everything I have read/listened to by Josh Lanyon is amazing!

I self-published my first novel, Hollywood High: Achieve The Honorable -- written in reaction to witnessing gay students bullied in high school. I wrote the story in support of the LGBTQ community and as a voice against bullying. If you want to check it out on Amazon, you can read the first several chapters. www.hollywoodhighbook.com Due to mature content, I recommend for age 16 and up.