



McLemore describes their work as inspired by the fairytales and stories they grew up with and their own background, which is why many of their novels feature magical-realist themes, queer characters, and Spanish and French language. McLemore themself is nonbinary and bigender, using singular they pronouns. McLemore is a queer Latine, which they cite as one of the reasons why they write inclusive, queer, Latinx casts. AwardĪnna-Marie McLemore is a Mexican-American author of young adult fiction magical realism, best known for their Stonewall Honor-winning novel When the Moon Was Ours, Wild Beauty, and The Weight of Feathers. When the Moon Was Ours, The Weight of Feathers, Wild Beauty
