July 2023
Lee
and Elaine were not able to attend The Golden Crown Literary
Society conference in Denver in 2023, but her short story
collection won a Goldie!
Lee
is currently hard at work on a new novel tentatively titled
A Magnificent Disturbance.
July
2017
Lee
and Elaine were not able to attend The Golden Crown Literary
Society conference in Chicago in 2017, but good news still
abounded. Lee's latest novel, Rainbow Gap, won
the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award! Here is Lee's response,
which is up with those of many other winners at the
GCLS website:
This is a grand and happy
surprise. Thank you, readers, for the great honor of reading
Rainbow Gap, and for presenting the book with the Ann
Bannon Award. Thank you to Mary Phillips, Watty, Michelle,
and all of the GCLS volunteers. Golden Crown provides
us with a rare opportunity to honor one another. The devotion
of our volunteers humbles me and encourages me to keep
writing. I apologize for not joining all of you this year.
It was intended to be my year of rest.
I treasure my relationship with Bold Strokes Books and
with its President, Radclyffe; Rainbow Gap’s
editor Ruth Sternglanz; Senior Editor Sandy Lowe; editors
Cindy Cresap and Stacia Seaman; and all of the BSB team.
Thank you to my ever-strong supporters and friends: Ann
McMan, Lori L. Lake, Shelley Thrasher, Connie Ward, Mercedes
Lewis, KG McGregor, Sue Hardesty, Nel Ward, Jane Cothron,
MJ Lowe, Nell Stark, and Rachel Spangler, and so many
others.
Shortlisted
for a 2023 Goldie Award!