Advance Praise from Six-Time Lambda Literary Award-Winner, Michael Nava

Woo hoo! What a way to close out the week!  I'd sent out advanced copies of my new book Gifts Not Yet Given just last week, and here it is Friday and I've already received wonderful quotes from Richard Kramer, Trebor Healey, and now the legendary Michael Nava.Michael's groundbreaking Henry Rios mystery novels were one of my touchstones as a young gay man, making my way in the world and trying desperately to find role models of upstanding yet "real" men who identified as gay, and Michael's character more than fit the bill.  It is no wonder that Michael would go on to win six Lambda Literary Awards for the book series, as well as the Bill Whitehead Literary Award for Career Achievement.  I'm looking forward to his new series, which launches this spring with The City of Palaces.In the meantime, I'll savor this lovely quote from him:"Gifts Not Given is a wonderful collection of stories from Kergan Edwards-Stout in which each story centers around a holiday. The stories are complex, surprising, touching and written with compassion and humanity, two qualities sadly lacking in so much contemporary fiction. I highly recommend Gifts Not Given and thank the author for this gift he has given us."