Lee Lynch

Lee Lynch published her first lesbian fiction in "The Ladder" in the 1960s. Naiad Press issued Toothpick House, Old Dyke Tales, and more. Her novel The Swashbuckler was presented in NYC as a play scripted by Sarah Schulman. New Victoria Publishers brought out Rafferty Street, the last book of Lynch's Morton River Valley Trilogy.

Lee's backlist is becoming available in electronic format from Bold Strokes Books. Her newest novels are Beggar of Love and The Raid. Her recent short stories can be found in Romantic Interludes, Women In Uniform, and at www.readtheselips.com. Her reviews and feature articles have appeared in such publications as The San Francisco Chronicle, The Advocate, and The Lambda Book Report.

Lynch's syndicated column, "The Amazon Trail," runs in venues such as boldstrokesbooks.com, Erie Gay News, Letters From Camp Rehoboth, Diversity Rules, Keystone Alliance, Epocholips and On Top Magazine,

Lee Lynch was honored by the Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) as the first recipient (for The Swashbuckler) and namesake of The Lee Lynch Classics Award, which will honor outstanding works in Lesbian Fiction published before awards and honors were given. She also is a recipient of the Alice B. Reader Award for Lesbian Fiction; the James Duggins Mid-Career Author Award, which honors LGBT mid-career novelists of extraordinary talent and service to the LGBT community; and was inducted into the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame.

In 2010, Beggar of Love received the GCLS Ann Bannon Readers' Choice Award and the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Bronze Award in Gay/Lesbian Fiction.

Lee's most recent novel 'THE RAID' was a winner in 2012 General Fiction from The Golden Crown Literary Society.

She has twice been nominated for Lambda Literary Awards and her novel Sweet Creek was a GCLS award finalist.

Lee lives in coastal Oregon with her wife, 2 kitties and wee dog.

More information can be found on Lee's wikipedia page.