Thorn Kief Hillsbery
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Thorn Kief Hillsbery is an American
novelist. He is the author of War Boy
and What We Do Is Secret, which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award
. He was born in Portland, Oregon
, and attended Evergreen State College. He currently lives in Manhattan
, and teaches a creative writing workshop at Columbia University
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
novelist. He is the author of War Boy
War Boy
War Boy is the first novel by Kief Hillsbery, published in 2000 by Rob Weisbach Books, an imprint of William Morrow.-Plot outline:Radboy, a fourteen-year-old deaf skateboarder, leaves his abusive home for San Francisco and becomes involved with environmental politics and the underground club scene...
and What We Do Is Secret, which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
. He was born in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, and attended Evergreen State College. He currently lives in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, and teaches a creative writing workshop at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.