Kyle Lukoff Explained

Kyle Lukoff
Birth Date:5 June 1984
Birth Place:Skokie, Illinois, United States
Occupation:School librarian
Alma Mater:Barnard College
Notableworks:When Aidan Became a Brother, Too Bright to See

Kyle Lukoff is a children's book author, school librarian, and former bookseller.[1] He is most known for the Stonewall award-winning When Aidan Became a Brother and for Call Me Max, which gained attention when parents in Texas[2] complained about the book being read in an elementary school classroom and a Utah school district canceled its book program after the book was read to third graders.[3]

Personal life

Lukoff is a transgender man, who transitioned in 2004[4] while an undergraduate at Barnard College, a historically women's college. Much of his work centers on transgender children. He is Jewish.[5]

Education

Lukoff went to Edmonds-Woodway High School then graduated from Barnard College[6] in 2006. While at Barnard, he was a member of Columbia University's Philolexian Society.[7] He earned his Master's degree in library science from Queens College in 2012.[8]

Career

Lukoff was a school librarian at the Corlears School in New York City[9] until he quit his job to write full time in 2020. His first book, A Storytelling of Ravens, was published in 2018 by House of Anansi Press and illustrated by Natalie Nelson.[10] His second book, When Aidan Became a Brother, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita,[11] is a story about a transgender boy awaiting a new sibling.[12] The book was published by Lee & Low, an independent publisher known for works by unpublished authors and illustrators of color.[13]

Lukoff's Max and Friends series was released in November 2019 with Call Me Max, illustrated by Luciano Luzano.[14] In April 2020, he published Explosion at the Poem Factory and was illustrated by Mark Hoffman.[15] In 2021, he published Too Bright to See, which won the Stonewall award and a Newbery Honor,[16] and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. He also wrote Different Kinds of Fruit.

Publications

Books

Book Series

Essays

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Five questions for Kyle Lukoff. Flynn. Kitty. The Horn Book. 2019-11-18.
  2. Web site: Yorio. Kara. LGBTQ+ Book Challenges Continue As Texas Parents Object to "Call Me Max". 2021-03-21. School Library Journal.
  3. Web site: EST. Samantha Lock On 2/15/21 at 10:28 AM. 2021-02-15. Transgender boy book prompts Utah school district to suspend reading program. 2021-03-21. Newsweek. en.
  4. Web site: 2019 Festival Author Lineup – Texas Book Festival.
  5. Web site: Blog: Conversations About Queer and Trans Literature with Picture Book Author Kyle Lukoff.
  6. Web site: Magazine Preview: In Transition . Bwog . 15 November 2019.
  7. Web site: #49 - Poem Explosion with author Kyle Lukoff - Buttons & Figs (podcast) . 2022-03-11 . Listen Notes . en.
  8. Web site: Kyle . 2012-09-13 . A Letter to Corlears Parents . 2022-03-15 . Corlears School Library Blog . en.
  9. Web site: Staff Profiles Corlears School NYC. Corlears School. 15 November 2019.
  10. Web site: A Storytelling of Ravens . House of Anansi Press . 15 November 2019 . en.
  11. Book: When Aidan became a brother. Lukoff. Kyle. Juanita. Kaylani. 2019. 9781620148372. English. 1055840422.
  12. Web site: Kyle Lukoff. Kirkus Reviews. en. 2019-11-15.
  13. Web site: About Us Lee & Low Books . www.leeandlow.com . 15 November 2019.
  14. Web site: Reycraft Books Max and Friends: Call Me Max . www.reycraftbooks.com . 15 November 2019 . 15 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191115011401/http://www.reycraftbooks.com/books/max-and-friends-call-me-max.html . dead .
  15. Web site: Explosion at the Poem Factory . House of Anansi Press . 15 November 2019 . en.
  16. Web site: American Library Association announces 2022 Youth Media Award winners. 24 January 2022.
  17. Web site: Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff: 9780593111185 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. 2021-10-05. PenguinRandomhouse.com. en-US.
  18. Web site: If You're a Kid Like Gavin . 2022-07-13 . HarperCollins . en.
  19. Book: Lukoff, Kyle . There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables . . 2024 . 9781250867841.
  20. Web site: I'm Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff: 9780593462911 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books . 2024-06-16 . PenguinRandomhouse.com . en-US.
  21. Web site: Just What to Do by Kyle Lukoff: 9780593462942 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books . 2024-06-16 . PenguinRandomhouse.com . en-US.
  22. Web site: A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff: 9780593618981 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books . 2024-07-23 . PenguinRandomhouse.com . en-US.
  23. Web site: The Sunken Ship: An Acorn Book (Mermaid Days #1) . 2022-07-13 . shop.scholastic.com . en.
  24. Book: Bornstein . Kate . Bergman . S. Bear . Gender outlaws: the next generation . 2010 . 9781580053082 . 16 November 2019 . English . registration .
  25. Web site: Lukoff . Kyle . Evaluating Transgender Picture Books; Calling for Better Ones . School Library Journal . 16 November 2019.
  26. Web site: Lukoff . Kyle . Second Trans on the Moon . YA Pride . 16 November 2019 . 21 November 2016.
  27. Web site: A letter to trans writers who are thinking about trying to get published . Kyle Lukoff . 16 November 2019.
  28. News: Harris. Elizabeth A.. 2022-01-24. Donna Barba Higuera Wins Newbery Medal for 'The Last Cuentista'. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-01-31. 0362-4331.
  29. Web site: Too Bright to See. 2021-10-05. National Book Foundation. en-US.
  30. Web site: "When Aidan Became a Brother" and "The Black Flamingo" win 2020 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award. HCHO. 2020-01-27. News and Press Center. en. 2020-01-27.
  31. Web site: Charlotte Huck Award (fiction for children). NCTE. en-US. 2020-01-27.

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