Though we likely haven’t met—and perhaps never will—I hold an undeniable truth about you, Reader, deep in my heart: You belong in books. Characters who look like you, live like you, and love like you belong in books. Our experiences, our communities, our lives with all their richness and depth and soul are the very things stories are made of—and I owe a profound debt of gratitude to those who read this story and told this queer writer in no uncertain terms, You belong in books.
