Felice Picano was an American writer influential in the emergence of post-Stonewall gay literature. He was a member of the so-called Violet Quill Club a group of gay writers that also included Edmund White and Andrew Holleran, the two last surviving members. Picano’s novel The Book of Lies (1999) is based on a fictional account of the group. He also published several memoirs and co-authored the New Joy of Gay Sex in 1992 and 2004.
Gabriel François