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American author and editor (born 1972)

David Levithan (born September 7, 1972) is an American young adult fiction author and editor.^[1] He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably Boy Meets Boy and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List.^[2] Six of Levithan's books have won or been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, making him the most celebrated author in the category.

Early life and career

Levithan was born and raised in the Short Hills section of Millburn, New Jersey, to a family of Jewish background,^[3] graduating in 1990 from Millburn High School.^[4] At nineteen, Levithan received an internship at Scholastic Corporation where he began working on The Baby-Sitters Club series.

Levithan still works for Scholastic as an editorial director. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a young-adult imprint of Scholastic Press focusing on