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T.J. Baer is a queer, trans author of novels and short fiction. Born in Western Pennsylvania, he currently resides in his adopted hometown of Chicago with his cat and a well-stocked cupboard of tea. Some of his titles include FOLLOWING GRANDPA JESS, GUARDIANS, DREAMERS, THE BOY WHO WAS KISSED, and REMEMBER ME, and his short fiction has been featured in the Harpur Palate Literary Journal and Flash Fiction Magazine. When not writing, T.J. can be found either discussing queer media on his YouTube channel or failing to escape from murderous ghosts on Twitch.

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Average rating: 4.32 · 211 ratings · 86 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Following Grandpa Jess 4.08 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remember Me 4.67 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamers 4.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Was Kissed 4.30 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking About Fungus 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guardians 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not A Love Story 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Don't Eat Animals it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rain Would Come 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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T.J. Baer rated a book it was amazing Would You Rather... (The Haunting of Pinedale High) by Kimberly Baer (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A classroom game of “would you rather” goes horribly wrong when the students’ choices start coming true. What follows is a race against time to solve a decades-old mystery and lift the curse before it claims them all. I read Would You Rather all in on ...more
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T.J. Baer liked Kimberly Baer's review of Remember Me: "This novel starts with a bang when seventeen-year-old Alex encounters the confused ghost of a teenage boy one morning in English class. As he helps Noah figure out what brought him to this sorry state, he finds himself attracted to the boy, all the w" Read more of this review »
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I genuinely cannot say enough good things about E.L. Massey's Breakaway series, and the latest installment - Free From Falling - is no exception. I read it all in one sitting on the day it came out, and I loved every second of it. Beautiful story, am ...more
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“Without Jackson and Maya to keep the conversation flowing, we fell into silence, the curse of two introverts finding themselves alone together.”
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“The words sent a thrill through me, but I beat it back with the all-powerful stick of self-deprecation and denial.”
― T.J. Baer, Dreamers

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