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Travis John Klune (born May 20, 1982) is an American author of fantasy and romantic fiction featuring gay and LGBTQ+ characters. His fantasy novel The House in the Cerulean Sea is a New York Times best seller and winner of the 2021 Alex and Mythopoeic Awards. Klune has spoken about how his asexuality influences his writing. His novel Into This River I Drown won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Romance in 2014. Personal life Klune was born in Roseburg, Oregon. He was eight years old when he first began to write fiction. His young works in poetry and short stories were the first to be published. Klune's writing influences include Stephen King, Wilson Rawls, Patricia Nell Warren, Robert McCammon, and Terry Pratchett. Klune has been open about his lived experiences with asexuality, queerness and neurodiversity, and how they influence his writing. The historical absence of these communities in fiction has motivated choices in Klune's character development. In 2013, Klune proposed to author Eric Arvin at the GayRomLit Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The two had met for the first time in person one year earlier at the 2012 GayRomLit Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Arvin endured many years of health struggles and passed away on December 12, 2016. Career Klune's love of writing began when, as a child in the 1980s, he wrote fan fiction about his favorite action-adventure video game Metroid. Later in his childhood, he began writing original stories. His teachers encouraged his work, saying they looked forward to seeing his writing in bookstores one day. Klune's first book, Bear, Otter and the Kid, was published in 2011. Due to the prevalence of pen names in M/M romantic fiction, he wrote under the pseudonym TJ Klune. His motivation for this first book came from a realization of the poor, often offensive stereotypes of queer characters within stories. He wanted to be able to write a novel that had an accurate representation of queer relationships, that were not stereotypical but relatable and positive. Amazon noted Bear, Otter and the Kid as one of the top LGBTQ+ books of 2011. In 2013, Klune wrote a magical realist novel, Into This River I Drown, while processing the death of his father. A supernatural tale about grief and love in a small town, it won the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Romance. Other novels written by Klune include the queer werewolf series Green Creek, the queer superhero series The Extraordinaries, the contemporary romance How to Be a Normal Person and the comedic fantasy series Tales from Verania. The House in the Cerulean Sea, Klune's first stand-alone novel published with the Macmillan Tor imprint, was partially inspired by the Sixties Scoop, in which the Canadian government removed Indigenous children from their homes and placed them with unrelated white, middle-class families. Seeing the similarities to events taking place in the current-day Southern United States, Klune felt a need to write a story celebrating children's differences and to show the positive effects of giving children a safe and supportive place to be themselves. The book is about a man named Linus Baker who travels to Marsyas Island as a representative of the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. The island is home to six magical kids, including Lucifer aka "Lucy" - the son of the devil. Klune is signed with the Macmillan Tor imprint, Tor Teen, for two more stand-alone Young Adult novels. Awards and critical reception Klune's Young Adult debut, The Extraordinaries, is praised by Kirkus for its use of superhero and fan fiction tropes, while Publishers Weekly compliments Klune on writing a teenaged character with ADHD in a positive and supportive light. His stand-alone fantasy novel, The House in the Cerulean Sea, is a New York Times Best Seller and has been named by The Washington Post as one of “2020’s Best Feel-Good Reads”. Publishers Weekly calls it a “thought-provoking Orwellian fantasy” in its starred review. Kirkus praises Klune for his art of creating enduring characters. The novel was named one of Amazon's Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2020. Klune was nominated as an all-time favourite M/M author on the book review website Goodreads in 2017. He is also an advocate for better LGBTQ2+ representation in novels, wishing to see more asexual characters like himself reflected in books. Publications Explanatory notes References External links Official website TJ Klune on Twitter TJ Klune on Instagram . Discover the Tj Klune popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Tj Klune books.
Best Seller Tj Klune Books of 2024
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Murmuration
TJ KluneIn the small mountain town of Amorea, it's stretching toward autumn of 1954. The memories of a world at war are fading in the face of a prosperous future. Doors are left unlocked a...
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How to Be a Normal Person
TJ KluneGustavo Tiberius is not normal. He knows this. Everyone in his small town of Abby, Oregon, knows this. He reads encyclopedias every night before bed. He has a pet ferret called Har...
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The Consumption of Magic
TJ KluneSam of Wilds faced the Dark wizard Myrin and lived to tell the tale. Granted, the battle left him scarred, but things could be a hell of a lot worse. It's not until he reunit...
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The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ KluneA NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER!A 2021 Alex Award winner!The 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Winner!An Indie Next Pick!One of Publishers Weekly's "Most ...
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Die alte Garde
Thomas D. LeeSeit Jahrhunderten wachen die unsterblichen Ritter der Tafelrunde über Großbritannien. Sie kämpften bei Agincourt, Waterloo und in beiden Weltkriegen. Sobald ihre Arbeit getan ist,...
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Who We Are
TJ KluneBear, Otter, and the Kid survived last summer with their hearts and souls intact. They've moved into the Green Monstrosity, and Bear is finally able to admit his love for the man w...
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How to Be a Movie Star
TJ KluneJosiah Erickson wants to be a movie star. The problem with that is so does half of Los Angeles. But he's on his way, what with memorable roles as a TV show background cadaver and a...
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Fairytales From Verania
TJ KluneNew York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you back to the land of Verania in a new collection of short stories starring the beloved characters from the Tales of Verania se...
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Why We Fight
TJ KluneDo you believe in love at first sight?Corey Ellis sure doesn't. Oh, everyone around him seems to have found their happy ending, but he's far too busy to worry about such things. He...
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Until You
TJ KlunePaul Auster and Vince Taylor just want to have a simple wedding. Really, is that too much to ask? As the big day approaches, they struggle to keep everything from spiraling out of ...
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ KluneSomewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugelyanticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the bestloved and bestselling fantasy novels of the past decade.A magic...
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Til Death Do Us Bard
Rose Black'An absolute bearhug of a book!' SANGU MANDANNA, bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular WitchesTil Death Do Us Bard is a charming queer fantasy, perfect for fan...
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A Wish Upon the Stars
TJ KluneNearly a year ago, blinded by grief and betrayal, Sam of Wilds made a desperate decision to follow the Great White into the Dark Woods. Now, he emerges to a world changed.The City ...
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A Destiny of Dragons
TJ KluneOnce upon a time, the wizard's apprentice, Sam of Wilds, got his happily ever after in the arms of his cornerstone, Knight Commander Ryan Foxheart. A year has passed, and while Sam...
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The Damning Stone
TJ KluneA year has passed since the Dark Wizard Myrin attempted to take control of the Kingdom of Verania. Though the scars of the final battle remain, Veranians have come together in unit...
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Into This River I Drown
TJ KluneFive years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, who drowned when his truck crashed into a river. All called it an accident, but Benji thought it more. However, even...
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The Art of Breathing
TJ KluneTyson Thompson graduated high school at 16 and left the town of Seafare, Oregon, bound for what he assumed would be bigger and better things. He soon found out the real world has t...
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The Lightning-Struck Heart
TJ KluneOnce upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely boy named Sam Haversford turns a group of teenage douchebags into stone completely ...
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Olive Juice
TJ KluneIt begins with a message that David cannot ignore:I want to see you.He agrees, and on a cold winter's night, David and Phillip will come together to sift through the wreckage of th...
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The Long and Winding Road
TJ KluneFamily is not always defined by blood. It's defined by those who make us whole those who make us who we are. And here, at the end, Bear and Otter will be tested like they've ...