Michael Nava

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Michael Nava (born September 16, 1954 in Stockton, California) is an attorney and gay writer.

Nava studied at Stanford University and later moved to Los Angeles, where he opened a private legal practice. With The Little Death Nava began his mystery series centered around the Latino gay criminal defense attorney Henry Rios. The seven novels of the Rios series won five Lambda Literary Awards. With the last novel Rag and Bone, Nava announced the end of the series. Now Nava works as a staff attorney for the California Supreme Court in San Francisco.

[edit] Bibliography

  • The Little Death (1986)
  • Goldenboy (1988)
  • How Town (1990)
  • The Hidden Law (1992)
  • Created Equal: Why Gay Rights Matter to America (co-author) (1994)
  • The Death of Friends (1996)
  • Finale: Short Stories of Mystery and Suspense (editor) (1997)
  • The Burning Plain (1997)
  • Rag and Bone (2001)
  • (essay in)Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories, Patrick Merla (ed.) Avon Books. 1996


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