Books by William Hussey
Broken Hearts and Zombie Parts
by William Hussey
Jesse has a few weeks to go before major heart surgery. He has just a couple of items on his to-do list before then: fall in love, and shoot an epic zombie film on a shoestring budget. What could possibly go wrong? A warmhearted story subtitled ‘A Big Gay Rom-Zom-Com’, this novel also has a serious message about the corrosiveness of our ideas about an “ideal” body image.
“This is one of those incredible books that once you’ve read it, you can’t not think about it afterwards. It is set in a dystopian future England, it’s very specifically England, where we’ve gone backwards in terms of LGBTQ+ rights. So it’s now illegal to be gay, along with lots of other things that differentiate people. But it’s an incredible thriller as well. The appeal of it isn’t just the LGBTQ+ content, it’s very exciting. It’s 1984 meets Handmaid’s Tale with a rainbow twist to it.” Read more...
The Best LGBT Novels for Young Adults
Cassie Kemp, Librarian
Interviews where books by William Hussey were recommended
The Best LGBT Novels for Young Adults, recommended by Cassie Kemp
Good books for teens and young adults are often about identity and figuring out who you are. Novels with LGBTQ+ characters are some of the best examples of (fictional) young people learning to be themselves while navigating the world. Here, librarian Cassie Kemp shares her top picks of LGBT novels for teens and young adults.
