Lesléa Newman is an American author and editor. She is Jewish, a feminist and openly lesbian. She has written and edited 57 books and anthologies. She has written about such topics as being a Jew, body image and eating disorders, lesbianism, gay parenting, and her gender role as a femme. Her best-known work is the controversial Heather Has Two Mommies. In 1990, many gay and lesbian couples and their children found the first reflections of their families in this picture book.

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  • Lesléa Newman is an American author and editor. She is Jewish, a feminist and openly lesbian. She has written and edited 57 books and anthologies. She has written about such topics as being a Jew, body image and eating disorders, lesbianism, gay parenting, and her gender role as a femme. Her best-known work is the controversial Heather Has Two Mommies. In 1990, many gay and lesbian couples and their children found the first reflections of their families in this picture book. Her literary awards include Creative Writing Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, the James Baldwin award for Cultural Achievement, the Dog Writers Association of America's Best Book of Fiction Award, and a Parents' Choice Silver Medal. Nine of her books have been Lambda Literary Award finalists. In 2009 she received the Alice B. Award.
  • Lesléa Newman ist eine US-amerikanische Autorin. Newman hat bisher über 40 Bücher geschrieben. Sie lebt offen lesbisch und ist eine Vertreterin des Feminismus. Zu den Themen ihrer Bücher gehören ihr Leben als Jüdin, die Themen Body Image und Essstörungen, lesbisches Leben, Regenbogenfamilien und ihre Geschlechterrolle als Femme. Sie erhielt als Literaturauszeichnung den Massachusetts Artists Fellowship in Poesie und den James Baldwin Preis. Vier ihrer Bücher waren Finalisten des Lambda Literary Award.
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  • Lesléa Newman is an American author and editor. She is Jewish, a feminist and openly lesbian. She has written and edited 57 books and anthologies. She has written about such topics as being a Jew, body image and eating disorders, lesbianism, gay parenting, and her gender role as a femme. Her best-known work is the controversial Heather Has Two Mommies. In 1990, many gay and lesbian couples and their children found the first reflections of their families in this picture book.
  • Lesléa Newman ist eine US-amerikanische Autorin. Newman hat bisher über 40 Bücher geschrieben. Sie lebt offen lesbisch und ist eine Vertreterin des Feminismus. Zu den Themen ihrer Bücher gehören ihr Leben als Jüdin, die Themen Body Image und Essstörungen, lesbisches Leben, Regenbogenfamilien und ihre Geschlechterrolle als Femme. Sie erhielt als Literaturauszeichnung den Massachusetts Artists Fellowship in Poesie und den James Baldwin Preis.
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  • Lesléa Newman
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