River Braun is the author of the young adult novel, call me him. Having gone through puberty twice and worked with a national organization assisting with high-risk LGBTQ+ youth, River feels uniquely qualified to write about the emotional turmoil that is growing up in a world where it can feel impossible to find the love and support we crave. He believes that art can help transcend perceived boundaries between “others” — and that is what he strives to do in his novels. His goal: to write the stories he needed as a young person. He lives unconventionally with the love of his life aboard their sailboat SV Plot Twist, somewhere on the seven seas.