Occupation Writer, editor Role Author | Period 21st century Name Linas Alsenas Books Gay America | |
Born 1979 Genre Picture books, nonfiction, LGBT literature | ||
Notable awards Stonewall Book Award | ||
The Story Chair with Cris reading Peanut by Linas Alsenas
Linas Alsenas (born 1979 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a gay Lithuanian–American author and book illustrator. After attending Harvard University, where he was an illustrator for the campus newspaper, he moved to New York City and worked as an editor for Interior Design magazine and then at Abrams Books for Young Readers. In 2006, Scholastic released his first picture book, Mrs. Claus Takes a Vacation, which he wrote and illustrated. In 2007, Scholastic released Peanut, followed by Hello My Name Is Bob in 2009.
Alsenas is also the author of Gay America: Struggle For Equality, published by Amulet Books in 2008, the first gay history textbook written for teens. The book was an American Library Association's Stonewall Book Awards Children's and Young Adult Literature Award Honor Book in 2010.
Alsenas currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden with his husband, Jan Wilhelmsson.