2007 Lambda Literary Awards Recipients
The Lambda Literary Awards honor the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature. The Lambda Literary Awards are produced by the non-profit Lambda Literary Foundation (www.lambdalit.org)
ARTS & CULTURE: Gay L.A. by Lillian Faderman & Stuart Timmons (Basic Books)
BISEXUAL: The Bisexual's Guide to the Universe, Michael Szymanski & Nicole Kristal (Alyson)
GAY FICTION: Suspension by Robert Westfield (Harper Prennial)
GAY ROMANCE: When the Stars Come Out by Rob Byrnes (Kensington)
GAY MYSTERY: The Lucky Elephant Restaurant by Garry Ryan (NeWest Press)
GAY POETRY: A History of My Tattoo by Jim Elledge (Stonewall)
GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY: The Bill From My Father by Bernard Cooper (Simon & Schuster)
GAY EROTICA: A History of Barbed Wire by Jeff Man (Suspect Thoughts)
GAY DEBUT FICTION: Suspension by Robert Westfield (Harper Prennial)
LESBIAN FICTION: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (Riverhead Books)
LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION: The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery (Riverhead)
LESBIAN POETRY: Lemon Hound by Sina Queyras (Coach House Books)
LESBIAN MYSTERY: The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
ANTHOLOGY: Love, Bourbon Street, edited by Greg Herren and Paul J. Willis (Alyson)
LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT: (tie) Full Spectrum, edited by David Levithan & Billy Merrell (Random House Children's Books) and Between Mom & Jo by Julie Anne Peters (Little Brown)
LESBIAN EROTICA: Walk Like a Man by Laurinda D. Brown (Q-Boro Books)
HUMOR: My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan (Little Brown)
LESBIAN ROMANCE: Fresh Tracks by Georgia Beers (Bold Strokes)
SCIFI / FAN / HORROR: Izzy and Eve by Neal Drinnan (Green Candy Press)
SPIRITUALITY: The After-Death Room by Michael McColly (Soft Skull Press)
DRAMA / THEATER: 1001 Beds by Tim Miller (Univ. of Wisconsin)
LGBT NONFICTION: (Tie)Gay L.A. by Lillian Faderman & Stuart Timmons (Basic Books) and Different Daughters by Marcia M. Gallo (Carroll & Graf)
LGBT STUDIES: Their Own Receive Them Not by Horace L. Griffin (Pilgrim Press)
TRANSGENDER: The Transgender Studies Reader edited by Susan Stryker & Stephen Whittle (Routledge)