Andrew Demcak

Andrew Demcak is an award-winning American poet and novelist, the author of six poetry collections and eight Young Adult novels. His books have been featured by The American Library Association, The Lambda Literary Foundation, The Best American Poetry, Verse Daily, and Kirkus Reviews. He was selected to be the keynote speaker for the California Library Association's annual conference to celebrate his contributions to LGBTQ+ Young Adult literature. He was a finalist for the prestigious Dorset Prize for Poetry, the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Poetry Prize, and also the Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence in Poetry. He won the Three Candle Press Open Book Award for his first poetry collection, Catching Tigers in Red Weather (2007).

Twelve Heroes, Book 4, The Elusive Spark series, was published in 2022 by Harmony Ink Press. His most recent poetry book, Cryptopedia, was published in 2020, to positive reviews, by Nomadic Press.  He recently released three new YA/Teen GLBTQ2-S novels, How Do You Deal with a Dead Girl? (Big 23 Press), "An eerily amusing horror tale that will have readers rooting for the characters." - KIRKUS REVIEWS, May 25, 2018, and Alpha Wave (Book 2) and DarkFeather (Book 3) The Elusive Spark series, (Harmony Ink Press) to brisk sales. About his Teen GLBTQ Sci-Fi Coming-Out novel, A Little Bit Langston (Book 1, The Elusive Spark series) KIRKUS REVIEWS raved, "This book really ... takes its place in the marginalized-will-lead-us genre, as popularized by The Matrix and the X-Men franchises." His first Young Adult (YA) novel, Ghost Songs, was published March 13, 2014. His first literary novel, If There's A Heaven Above, was published January 5, 2013 by JMS Books, and was nominated by The American Library Association as an "Outstanding" novel for older Teens (17+).

His first play, The Inevitable Crunch Factor, won the Cal Arts' New Playwrights Series and was cast and produced in a multi-week run.

His fourth book of poetry, Night Chant, was published by Lethe Press. His other poetry books are: A Single Hurt Color, GOSS 183::Casa Menendez Press, 2010, Zero Summer, BlazeVOX [Books], NY, 2009 and his first poetry book, Catching Tigers in Red Weather, three candles press, 2007, which was selected by Joan Larkin to win the Three Candles Press Open Book Award.

Citations: "Andrew Demcak." Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2017. Literature Resource Center, go.galegroup.com. Accessed 27 May 2017

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