When I was around thirteen years old I remember badly wanting a leading gay character in the books I was reading. I had Harry Potter and Twilight and the dragon-riding Eragon but I still didn’t have any fictitious gay role-models. It brings me no small amount of joy to see that this hasn’t remained the case. Here are 5 authors who have created amazing works with LGBTQ characters: Holly Black If you haven’t read The Darkest Part of the Forest then put down your coffee and bisc