Stonewall Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (1996) Winner
Jim Grimsley
ジム・グリムズリー
Jimu Gurimuzurī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955-09-21 （Grifton, North Carolina）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Grifton, North Carolina → Atlanta, Georgia
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Playwright
- Active Years
- 1983-2024
- Affiliations
- Emory University
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction | Winter Birds | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Winner |
| 1996 | Stonewall Book Award | Dream Boy | Literature | American Library Association | Winner |
| — | Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award | My Drowning | — | — | Winner |
| 2000 | Lambda Literary Award | Kirith Kirin | Gay Science Fiction/Fantasy | — | Winner |
| 2007 | Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize | — | — | Saints and Sinners Literary Festival | Winner |
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
1992
Work:
Winter Birds
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
Winner
Stonewall Book Award
1996
Work:
Dream Boy
Category:
Literature
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award
Work:
My Drowning
Result:
Winner
Lambda Literary Award
2000
Work:
Kirith Kirin
Category:
Gay Science Fiction/Fantasy
Result:
Winner
Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize
2007
Organization:
Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Winter Birds
1991 NovelSemiautobiographical novel rejected by U.S. publishers for being 'too dark' for ten years before German edition; English two years later.
Dream Boy
1995 NovelReceived Stonewall Book Award.
Kirith Kirin
2000 High Fantasy NovelWon Lambda Literary Award for gay-themed SF/fantasy.
How I Shed My Skin
2015 MemoirMemoir about unlearning racist lessons of Southern childhood.
Legacy
Known for Southern literature with LGBTQ+ themes, multiple award winner.