ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nico Lang (they/them) is a nonbinary award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience

covering the transgender community’s fightfor equality. Their work has appeared in major

publications, including Rolling Stone, Esquire, The New York Times, Vox, The Wall Street Journal,

Salon, Harper’s Bazaar, Time, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

Lang is the creator of Queer News Daily and previously served as the deputy editor for

Out magazine, the news editor for Them, the LGBTQ+ correspondent for VICE, and the

editor and cofounder of the literary journal In Our Words. Their industry-leading

contributions to queer media have resulted in a GLAAD Media Award, 10 awards from the

National Association of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGJA), and three awards from the Los Angeles

Press Club, including the 2023 Online Journalist of the Year. Lang is also the first-ever

recipient of the Visibility Award from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund

(TLDEF), an honor created to recognize their impactful contributions to reporting on the

lives of LGBTQ+ people.

ABOUT THE BOOK

American Teenager

How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era

by Nico Lang

Abrams Press / October 8, 2024

U.S. $30.00 / CAN $38.00/ Hardcover with jacket / 272 pages / 6 x 9"

ISBN: 978-1-4197-7382-2

Also available as an e-book abramsbooks.com