Author
Damon
Suede grew up out-n-proud deep in the anus of right-wing
America, and escaped as soon as it was legal. He has lived all
over: Houston, New York, London, Prague. Along the way, he’s earned
his crust as a model, a messenger, a promoter, a programmer, a
sculptor, a singer, a stripper, a bookkeeper, a bartender, a
techie, a teacher, a director... but writing has ever been his
bread and butter. He has been happily partnered for over a
decade with the most loving, handsome, shrewd, hilarious, noble
man to walk this planet.
Addictions: sweetness that isn’t sentimental, wit that isn’t bitter, strength that isn’t cruel. Allergies: professional victims, half-assery, clichés.
Beyond romance fiction, Damon has been writing for print, stage, and screen for over three decades, which is both more and less glamorous than you might imagine. He's won some awards, but his blessings are more numerous: his amazing friends, his demented family, his beautiful husband, his loyal fans, and his silly, stern, seductive Muse who keeps whispering in his ear, year after year.
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Damon's Classes page gives his teaching/travel schedule and a list of available workshop topics.
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Interview & Post links:
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"Interview Fight" competitive interview show for NPR with Soledad O'Brien and Dave Hill, hosted by Faith Salie.
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Mark Dawson's SPS Podcast, Episode-188: The Secrets Behind Writing Bestselling Hot Romance – with Damon Suede
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The Creative Penn: "Verbalize: Strengthen Your Writing With The Power Of Words" with Joanna Penn
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Book Faces Live: "Episode 70: Verbalize your fiction with Damon Suede!" with Nathan Van Coops on Itunes, Podbean, and Facebook Live as well
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Sinfully Sexy Lickety Split week...ROLE MODEL: on graying temples, the May/December trope, & the dangers of playing dad
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Sinfully Sexy Lickety Split week...FARM WORK: a tour of the book's settings
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Sinfully Sexy Lickety Split week...Mary Calmes Interview about Lickety Split and cowboy love
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All About Romance... STRONG ROOTS: on messy nostalgia & going back home without living in the past
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Back Porch Reader... HOME GROAN: on the DIY kink that grows wild in the country
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Sinfully Sexy Lickety Split week...SWOON TIME: finding the right dirt to fall down in
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Salon.com Last Exit to Romance: the strange alchemy of LGBTQ romance and the books that give us hope by Emily Jordan (January 2017)
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Beyond the Label: Open Orientation in Gay Romance...a group interview by Heidi Cullinan with Marie Sexton, Tere Michaels, and Damon Suede. (March 2016)
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HEA/USA Today Blog: Hot Trends in LGBT romance November 2015
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"Reader, I Married Him": Eloisa James & Damon Suede at RT Book Reviews
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Blogradio AUDIO interview for Nice Girls Reading Naughty Books
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"Roaring for Romance: Excellence and Diversity" at Read-A-Romance Month
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GRL2014 Blog Tour: Interview & Giveaway at Boys in Our Books
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USA Today/Happily Ever After interview with Mary Grzesik (and her review of Bad Idea)
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Hold Your Head Up, Young One (an "It Gets Better" Op-Ed for Advocate.com)
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Outgrowing Texas: a gay adolescence under the Lone Star (an #AcceptanceMatters for OUT Magazine)
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Taking Cover: The Origins of the Bad Idea Cover art for BAD IDEA Week
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Beyond the Trope - Interview with Barbara Vey at Publishers Weekly about the Romance University "Hit & Myth" article
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Chicks & Dicks: Grand & Pitt (worldbuilding my way to Horn Gate)
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Jessewave: Starting from Scratch (how the Muse planted the Itch series and the Scratch series)
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Damon's VIDEO interview at BookExpoAmerica 2013 about writing Horn Gate and the success of gay romance
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Sognipensieriparole.com: Interview in Italian about the release of Testa Calda (Hot Head in Italian)
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Hop Against Homophobia: Under the Covers Damon Suede Interview
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It's Raining Men Interview on FanFic, Chicks with Dicks and other beartraps in the M/M woods
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You Gotta Read: Interview on the Craft and Business of Writing
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Top2Bottom: "From Showbiz To Storytelling: Damon Suede’s Done It All"
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Fenuxe Magazine (Atlanta): Interview about Romance writing and men loving men
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MJ O'Shea: Interview about reading, writing, and Gothic Comedy
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Dawn's Reading Nook Interview (about Grown Men, Inspiration and the Essential Oil of Writing)
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Jessewave: my "Coming Out" story shared for Coming Out Day 2011
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Romancing the Book Interview & Contest (Hot Head & Romance writing)
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Riptide's Making Waves interview "Five Questions with Damon Suede"