Felice Picano

Felice Picano

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1944 - 2025

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Lambda Literary Award

Description

Novelist and poet. Co-founded the LGBTQ literary group 'Violet Quill'. Author of multiple best selling novels, including 'Justify My Sins: A Hollywood Novel in Three Acts' (2019), 'Like People in History' (1995), 'The New York Years: Stories' (2000), 'The Book of Lies' (2000), and 'True Stories' (2007), amongst many others. Founder of SeaHorse Press and co-founder of The Gay Presses of New York. Finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and was nominated for five Lambda Literary Awards. Received the Lambda Literary Foundation's Pioneer Award (2010).

See Also

• The Violet Quill Author's Group
• Founders of LGBTQ Book Publishers

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.felicepicano.net/
• https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26766.Felice_Picano
• https://www.huffpost.com/author/felice-picano
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/books/felice-picano-dead.html

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