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Lesléa Newman (born 1955, Brooklyn, NY) is the author of over 50 books including Heather Has Two Mommies, A Letter To Harvey Milk, Writing From The Heart, In Every Laugh a Tear, The Femme Mystique, Still Life with Buddy, Fat Chance and Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear.
She has received many literary awards including Poetry Fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Highlights for Children Fiction Writing Award, the James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, and two Pushcart Prize Nominations.
Nine of her books have been Lambda Literary Award finalists.
Ms. Newman wrote Heather Has Two Mommies, the first children's book to portray lesbian families in a positive way, and...more


Average rating: 3.75 · 2,297 ratings · 402 reviews · 72 distinct works
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Heather Has Two Mommies
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Fat Chance
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions
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Jailbait
3.09 of 5 stars 3.09 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1997
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The Femme Mystique
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1995
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Daddy, Papa, and Me
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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