Jeanne Thornton (born 1983) is an American writer and copublisher of Instar Books and Rocksalt Magazine. She has received the

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for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. Anthologies to which she has contributed to have won a

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and a Barbara Gittings Literature Award. Works she has written and edited have been finalists for Lambda Literary Awards for Debut Fiction, Transgender Fiction, and

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. Her 2021 novel ''Summer Fun'' is a one-sided

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consisting of letters from a

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to a fictional musician based on

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; it won the 2022

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Biography

Thornton is a

. She lived in

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from 2011 to 2014.

Awards

Bibliography

Writer

* ''A/S/L'' (2025) * ''Summer Fun'' (2021) * ''The Black Emerald'' (2014) * ''The Dream of Doctor Bantam'' (2012)

Editor

* ''We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology'' (2018)

Contributor

* ''Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers'' (2017) * ''Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016'' (2017) * ''Procyon Science Fiction Anthology 2016'' (2016) * ''Where We're Going We Don't Need Roads'' (2014) * ''Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York'' (2014)

References

External links

Instar Books

Official website
1983 births American women novelists Living people 21st-century American novelists Writers from Austin, Texas 21st-century American women writers Writers from Michigan People from Muskegon, Michigan American transgender writers Lambda Literary Award winners {{US-novelist-1980s-stub