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Bil Wright

Bil Wright is the author of When the Black Girl Sings, a Junior Library Guild selection, and Sunday You Learn How to Box, which was one of Booklist's best adult books for teens; a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age; a Coretta Scott King Celebrating the Dream Book; and on the ALA's list of Books for Gay Teens. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in several anthologies, including Shade, Black Like Us, The Road Before Us, and Black Silk. An associate professor of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Bil Wright lives in New York City. Visit him at www.bilwright.com.

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Washington Blade, February 9, 2012
...You Not,” a romance by the prolific Julie Ann Peters; and “Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy,” by Bil Wright, which also won the ALA’s Stonewall Book Award for exceptional merit in LGBTQ children’s and young adult literature. But books for younger...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 6, 2012
...Hauser. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Stonewall Book Award—Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, written by Bil Wright. Simon Pulse Stonewall Honor Book—with or without you, written by Brian Farrey. S&S (primarily) authors who won awards for...
AlphaTrade Finance, January 25, 2012
...relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience: "Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy," written by Bil Wright and published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, is the winner of the 2012...
Bookseller Publisher, January 25, 2012
...in the Children’s & Young Adult category, presented by the ALA's GLBT Round Table. American author Bil Wright was the winner of the Children’s & Young Adult category with Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy (S&S). For more information on the winners see...
Idaho Statesman, January 25, 2012
...Words and Pictures" won the Schneider Award for middle-school readers. "Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy," by Bil Wright, won the Stonewall Book Award for exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. "One of the...
Targeted News Service, January 24, 2012
...23 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: "Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy" by Bil Wright, published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, is the 2012 recipient of the...
KCOY 12, January 23, 2012
...relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience: "Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy," written by Bil Wright and published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, is the winner of the 2012...
Washington Blade, February 9, 2012
...You Not,” a romance by the prolific Julie Ann Peters; and “Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy,” by Bil Wright, which also won the ALA’s Stonewall Book Award for exceptional merit in LGBTQ children’s and young adult literature. But books for younger...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 6, 2012
...Hauser. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Stonewall Book Award—Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, written by Bil Wright. Simon Pulse Stonewall Honor Book—with or without you, written by Brian Farrey. S&S (primarily) authors who won awards for...
AlphaTrade Finance, January 25, 2012
...relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience: "Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy," written by Bil Wright and published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, is the winner of the 2012...
PR-Canada.net, January 25, 2012
...relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience: "Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy," written by Bil Wright and published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, is the winner of the 2012...
PR-USA.net, January 25, 2012
...relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience: "Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy," written by Bil Wright and published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, is the winner of the 2012...
Bookseller Publisher, January 25, 2012
...in the Children’s & Young Adult category, presented by the ALA's GLBT Round Table. American author Bil Wright was the winner of the Children’s & Young Adult category with Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy (S&S). For more information on the winners see...
Idaho Statesman, January 25, 2012
...Words and Pictures" won the Schneider Award for middle-school readers. "Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy," by Bil Wright, won the Stonewall Book Award for exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. "One of the...