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K.M. Soehnlein
K. M. Soehnlein is the author of the novels Army of Lovers, The World of Normal Boys, You Can Say You Knew Me When, and Robin and Ruby, along with essays and journalism in numerous publications. He is the recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, Henfield Prize, and SFFILM Rainin Grant in Screenwriting. He received an MFA from San Francisco State University and teaches at the University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program. Raised in New Jersey, he lived in New York City during the AIDS crisis, participating in direct action with ACT UP and cofounding Queer Nation, all of which inform his 2022 novel, Army of Lovers. He currently lives in San Francisco.