7/8/2023 0 Comments Last night telegraph club![]() ![]() “Of course, it’s wonderful to be recognized for that. “I’ve been engaged in that kind of honesty about publishing for a long time,” Lo tells Kirkus by phone. She’s also known for leveling with readers and writers about craft, the publishing industry, and LGBTQ+ representation in her popular blog, Lo and Behold. Since Ash, a lesbian retelling of “Cinderella,” debuted in 2009, Lo has become well known for kick-ass YA fiction featuring complex queer characters and compelling storylines. “You’ve been doing kickass work for a good while.” And one fan’s words captured a prevalent sentiment: “ Ash was the first book I ever read that made liking women seem like an option,” they wrote. ![]() Many of her followers then took the time to congratulate Lo. When Malinda Lo received the happy news-she’d won the 2021 Alice B Readers Award, a once-in-a-career honor given annually to authors for literary excellence and contributions to lesbian culture- she took to Twitter to thank the committee and congratulate her fellow honorees. ![]()
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