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NOW
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half a life with HIV, half a life without."
Author Randy Boyd's Halftime Show Poz Magazine, April 2008 Issue
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Randy Boyd is the author of four novels, several short stories and many essays, all from
his unique point of view as a black man who has lived with HIV/AIDS more than half his life.
His first novel, Uprising, is a suspense thriller and face-off between two strong willed men: a closeted black pop star plotting an assassination,
and the straight white FBI agent out to stop him. (A Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Best Men's Mystery and Best Small
Press Title.)
His second novel, Bridge Across the Ocean, tells the story of a friendship between a 26-year-old black gay man and two straight white teenage brothers during
one magical summer vacation in Cancun, Mexico. (A Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Best Small Press Title.)
His
third novel, The Devil Inside, is a thriller about a man who must ask: is this new guy in my life the perfect catch or pure evil? They both have 72 hours
to find out. (A Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, and a Gaylactic Spectrum Awards nominee
for Best Sci Fi Novel.)
His fourth novel, Walt Loves the Bearcat, is the story of a lifelong romance between a black college cheerleader and white college quarterback who goes on to
become the first superstar athlete to admit his love for another man while in the prime of his pro football career. (A Lambda
Literary Award Nominee for Best Romance.)
Randy has been writing professionally
all his adult life. His four novels have been nominated for a total of five Lambda Literary Awards. An avid sportsman and
longtime fan of his hometown Indiana Pacers, Randy lives in Southern California and has a dog named Boomer, named after the
Pacers mascot.
In addition to his novels, Randy's fiction has appeared in Blackfire magazine, as well
as the following anthologies: Certain Voices (Alyson Books); Flesh and the Word 2 (Plume); Sojourner:
Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (Other Countries); Flashpoint (Masquerade Books), MA-KA: Diasporic Juks
(Sister Vision); and Freedom in this Village: Black Gay Men's Writing 1969 to the Present (Carroll & Graf).
His nonfiction has been featured in The Indiana Word, Frontiers, Au Courant, The Washington Blade, The James
White Review, The Gay and Lesbian Review, The Lambda Book Report and the anthology Friends and Lovers: Gay Men Write
About the Families They Create (Dutton). Randy is also a contributor to Kujisource, the publication of the Black AIDS Institute, and has written for Outsports.com.
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