Kevin Sessums
| Kevin Sessums | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1956 (age 57–58) Mississippi, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Author, magazine editor |
| Known for | Author, Mississippi Sissy |
Kevin Sessums (born 1956) is an American author , editor and actor.
Biography
Early life
Kevin Sessums was born in 1956 in Forest, Mississippi. His brother is artist J. Kim Sessums of Brookhaven, Mississippi. His sister is Karole Sessums, one of the founders of Grey Matters. He attended the Juilliard School in New York City.
Career
He has served as executive editor of Interview and as a contributing editor of Vanity Fair, Allure, and Parade. His work has also appeared in Travel+Leisure, Elle, Out, Marie Claire, and Playboy. He has written theatre criticism for Towleroad.com and cultural postings for Thedailybeast.com. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of FourTwoNine magazine and the Editorial Director of dot429.com.
In 2007, he published a memoir titled Mississippi Sissy, which is about the conflicted life of a self-aware gay boy growing up in Forest, Mississippi. It made the New York Times Bestseller list and won the 2008 Lambda Literary Award for Best Male Memoir.[1] His audio recording of Mississippi Sissy was nominated for a 2007 Quill Award.[2]
He portrayed the character Peter Cipriani in the miniseries adaptation of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.[3] St. Martins Press will publish his sequel to the bestselling Mississippi Sissy which is titled I Left It on the Mountain.
Personal life
References
- ↑ Provenzano, Jim (2007-03-01). "Sissy fire". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- ↑ "The Quill Awards Announce 2007 Nominees". Quill Awards. 2007-06-02. Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- ↑ Kevin Sessums at the Internet Movie Database
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