Jay Bell (writer)
| Jay Bell | |
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| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Website | jaybellbooks.com |
Jay Bell is an American writer[1][2] best known as the author of the Something Like series[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] which includes Something Like Summer[4] which is being adapted into a feature film[10] by Blue Seraph Productions under the direction of J. T. Tepnapa and screenwriter Carlos Pedraza.[11]
Personal life
Bell is openly gay and recently moved from Germany with his husband, artist and industrial designer Andreas Bell.[12] The couple currently reside in Chicago, IL.
Awards and Honors
In 2012, Something Like Summer was included in Amazon's Best Books of 2011: Gay & Lesbian list,[13] and nominated for to the 24th Lambda Literary Awards in the category of Gay Romance[14]
In 2013, Bell won the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in the category of Gay Romance for his novel Kamikaze Boys.[15][16]
Publications
Something like... series
Main article: Something Like... series
- Book 1: Something Like Summer (2011)
- Book 2: Something Like Winter (2012)
- Book 3: Something Like Autumn (2013)
- Book 4: Something Like Spring (2014)
- Book 5: Something Like Lightning (2014)
- Book 6: Something Like Thunder (2015)
- Companion story: Something Like Fall (2015)
Loka Legends series
- Story: Finding Fire
- Book 1: The Cat in the Cadle
- Story: Flesh and Blood
- Book 2: From Darkness to Darkness
Other work
- Kamikaze Boys
- Hell's Pawn
- Language Lessons
- Like and Subscribe
References
- ↑ Bell, Jay; Bell, Andreas (2011-01-08). Something Like Summer. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781453875049.
- ↑ "Jay Bell". Goodreads. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Jay Bell: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- 1 2 Bell, Jay (8 January 2011). Something Like Summer. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781453875049.
- ↑ Bell, Jay (23 October 2012). Something Like Winter. Create Space Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1479261727.
- ↑ Bell, Jay (27 May 2013). Something Like Autumn. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1484814772.
- ↑ Bell, Jay (27 January 2014). Something Like Spring. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1494430917.
- ↑ Bell, Jay (4 October 2014). Something Like Lightning. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1500831950.
- ↑ Bell, Jay (18 May 2015). Something Like Thunder. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1511774932.
- ↑ "A Book and Its Film Version -- Made Possible by Readers and Viewers". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ↑ "Something Like Summer". Something Like Summer. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ↑ Smart, Dick (24 June 2013). "Jay Bell: Something Like Love". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Best Books of 2011--Gay & Lesbian". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ "24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists And Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ "25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ↑ "Winners of Lambda Literary Awards Announced". WSJ Blogs - Speakeasy. 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
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