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Sarah Prager

Sarah Prager

Sarah Prager’s first book Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World (HarperCollins, 2017) was met with awards and accolades for bringing the true stories of twenty-three individuals from LGBTQ+ history to life for a young adult audience. Her next book, Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History (HarperCollins, 2020), was an illustrated collection for readers ages eight to twelve. Sarah speaks widely on the topic of LGBTQ+ history and is also the creator of the LGBTQ+ history mobile app, Quist. She can be found on facebook, twitter, instagram, and at sarahprager.com. Sarah lives in Massachusetts with her wife and their two children.

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