6/11/10: UPDATE!!!

Bill's second novel, Openly Straight, is under contract with Dutton Books for Children. No release date has been announced yet. His adult literary novel, Father, Son, and Holy Buddha, is currently under consideration at publishing houses. Stay tuned!

 

6/1/09: Out of the Pocket wins the Lambda Literary Award! Thanks to the Lambda Literary Foundation for their support!

 

5/1/09: Guess who's moving to Montana? Billings, actually.

 

4/15/09: Not so fast: publication of Not Exactly Hank has been postponed due to major personnel changes at Dutton. A novel to be named later will replace it. More news as I know it.

 

4/3/09: Out of the Pocket named to the ALA's Rainbow List for 2009, and the New York Public Library's Stuff for the Teen Age list. Thanks for helping bring the novel to the attention of more readers!

 

3/15/09: The Children's Collective Book Center has included Out of the Pocket on their list of notable books for 2009. Yahoo!

 

2/10/09: Thanks to the great folks at Belmont Hill School for their hospitality. Had a great time speaking to the boys at Belmont! 

 

1/18/09: Great readings in New York (Barnes and Noble on 83rd St.), Tempe, Ariz. (Changing Hands), Philadelphia (Giovanni's Room), Atlanta (Outwrite Bookstore), Wichita (Watermark Books), and San Francisco (Books, Inc.), to name a few. Thanks so much for coming out and being such wonderful audiences!

 

11/20/08: Wha?!?! How about Out of the Pocket as the top selling novel of the week at Giovanni's Room, the great LGBT bookstore in Philadelphia?!?!

 

9/22/08: Bill to appear on XM Radio's "The Agenda" on Channel 155 today, Monday, at 6:35pm ET.

 

9/15/08: Bill to appear on "Out Q in the Morning with Larry Flick" radio show on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 9:15am (ET).