David Lennon (born 1962) is an American author. His 2011 novel ''Echoes'' won the

Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery The Lambda Literary Award for Mystery is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a mystery novel by or about people in the LGBT LGBTQ people are individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, qu ...

, and four other of his novels have been finalists for

Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary Foundation, Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ+ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ+ literatur ...

Personal life

Lennon was mostly raised in the

Boston area Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas, home to 4,941,632. The most s ...

, and though his family moved around a bit when he was a child, he considers

Weston, Massachusetts Weston is an affluent town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located approximately west of Boston. At the time of the 2020 United States census, the population of Weston was 11,851. Weston was incorporated in 1713, and protect ...

his home. Around 2016, Lennon moved to Kennebuck, Maine with his husband, Brian.

Awards and honors

Publications

* ''Deadfall'' (2014) * ''Irish Black'' (2016)

Michel Doucette & Sassy Jones Mystery series

* ''The Quarter Boys'' (2010) * ''Echoes'' (2010) * ''Second Chance'' (2011) * ''Blue's Bayou'' (2011) * ''Reckoning'' (2012) * ''Fierce'' (2013) * ''Deja Vieux'' (2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lennon, David Living people Writers from Boston American LGBTQ novelists 21st-century American writers Lambda Literary Award winners 1962 births