Audrey Beth Stein
Audrey Beth Stein is the author of the memoir MAP, which was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, as well as the picture books LOOK AT ME, BEAR AND DRAGON CAT, and THE DAY MY BEST FRIEND AND A MIGRAINE SLEPT OVER. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and is a two-time national prizewinner in the David Dornstein Memorial Short Story Contest. She taught creative writing workshops for a decade at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.
“Why don't you just call yourself a lesbian? Random Guy wants to know. The answer seems so obvious. Because I'm not. But he presses further and that's when the answer really becomes clear. It's more than simply the attraction to guys which has always been there, and more than the attraction to women that I'm just beginning to explore. It's about potential, about possibility, about open-mindedness, and especially about making choices based on values and individuals rather than mere gender.”
Audrey Beth Stein