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Ann Weldy (born September 15, 1932), better known by her pen name Ann Bannon, is an American author who, from 1957 to 1962, wrote six lesbian pulp fiction novels known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles.
Learn about Ann Bannon, the author of the landmark "Beebo Brinker Chronicles" series of lesbian novels published in the 1950s and 60s. Discover how her books influenced a generation of readers and inspired a theater play by Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner.
May 22, 2018 · Learn how lesbian pulp fiction, such as Ann Bannon's Odd Girl Out, saved lives and gave hope to gay and bisexual women in the 1950s and 1960s. Discover the history, the authors, and the covers of these salacious and subversive novels.
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May 14, 2019 · Only when she wasn’t making dinner or taking care of her two young children, she was busy writing lesbian romance novels under her pseudonym, Ann Bannon. These brightly covered paperbacks were remarkable. Not only were they brilliantly written and packed with emotion, they provided a lifeline.
Ann Bannon (pseudonym of Ann Weldy) is an American author and academic. She is known for her lesbian pulp novels, which comprise The Beebo Brinker Chronicles and earned her the title "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction." Bannon was featured in the documentaries Before Stonewall (1984) and Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992)
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Ann Bannon has 19 books on Goodreads with 18436 ratings. Ann Bannon’s most popular book is Odd Girl Out.
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Ann Bannon’s Books. See the covers of various editions of Ann’s books. Odd Girl Out. Read Ann Bannon’s introduction to the Cleis Press edition, 2001. Gold Medal Books, 1957. Naiad Press, 1983. Cleis Press , 2001. Cleis Press Audiobook, 2011.
