Kyle Lukoff
Born (1984-06-05) June 5, 1984
Skokie, Illinois, United States
OccupationSchool librarian
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBarnard College
Notable worksWhen Aidan Became a Brother, Too Bright to See
Website
kylelukoff.com

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boy awaiting a new sibling.[12] The book was published by Lee & Low, an independent publisher known for works by unpublished authors and illustrators of color.[13]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.[17] He also wrote Different Kinds of Fruit

Publications

Books

  • A Storytelling of Ravens, 2018
  • When Aidan Became a Brother, 2019
  • Call Me Max, 2019
  • Max and the Talent Show, 2019
  • Explosion at the Poem Factory, 2020
  • Max on the Farm, 2020
  • Too Bright to See, 2021
  • Different Kinds of Fruit, 2022[18]
  • Mermaid Days #1: The Sunken Ship, 2022[19]
  • If You're a Kid Like Gavin,[20] 2022, with Gavin Grimm
  • Mermaid Days #2: The Sea Monster, 2022
  • Awake, Asleep, 2023
  • Mermaid Days #3: A New Friend, 2023

Essays

  • "Taking up Space" in Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation[21]
  • "Evaluating Transgender Picture Books; Calling for Better Ones" in School Library Journal.[22]
  • "Second Trans on the Moon" in YA Pride.[23]
  • "A letter to trans writers who are thinking about trying to get published."[24]

Awards

References

  1. Flynn, Kitty. "Five questions for Kyle Lukoff". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  2. Yorio, Kara. "LGBTQ+ Book Challenges Continue As Texas Parents Object to "Call Me Max"". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  3. 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". Newsweek. Retrieved 2021-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "2019 Festival Author Lineup – Texas Book Festival".
  5. "Blog: Conversations About Queer and Trans Literature with Picture Book Author Kyle Lukoff".
  6. "Magazine Preview: In Transition". Bwog. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. "#49 - Poem Explosion with author Kyle Lukoff - Buttons & Figs (podcast)". Listen Notes. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  8. Kyle (2012-09-13). "A Letter to Corlears Parents". Corlears School Library Blog. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  9. "Staff Profiles | Corlears School | NYC". Corlears School. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  10. "A Storytelling of Ravens". House of Anansi Press. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  11. Lukoff, Kyle; Juanita, Kaylani (2019). When Aidan became a brother. ISBN 9781620148372. OCLC 1055840422.
  12. "Kyle Lukoff". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  13. "About Us | Lee & Low Books". www.leeandlow.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  14. "Reycraft Books | Max and Friends: Call Me Max". www.reycraftbooks.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  15. "Explosion at the Poem Factory". House of Anansi Press. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  16. "American Library Association announces 2022 Youth Media Award winners". 24 January 2022.
  17. 1 2 "Too Bright to See". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  18. "Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff: 9780593111185 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  19. "The Sunken Ship: An Acorn Book (Mermaid Days #1)". shop.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  20. "If You're a Kid Like Gavin". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  21. Bornstein, Kate; Bergman, S. Bear (2010). Gender outlaws: the next generation. ISBN 9781580053082. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  22. Lukoff, Kyle. "Evaluating Transgender Picture Books; Calling for Better Ones". School Library Journal. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  23. Lukoff, Kyle (21 November 2016). "Second Trans on the Moon". YA Pride. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  24. "A letter to trans writers who are thinking about trying to get published". Kyle Lukoff. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  25. 1 2 Harris, Elizabeth A. (2022-01-24). "Donna Barba Higuera Wins Newbery Medal for 'The Last Cuentista'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  26. HCHO (2020-01-27). ""When Aidan Became a Brother" and "The Black Flamingo" win 2020 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  27. "Charlotte Huck Award (fiction for children)". NCTE. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
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