Illinois Authors

Jorjet Harper

Born: in New York, New York
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Harper moved to Chicago in 1979.

Biography: Jorjet Harper is a journalist, columnist, performer and speaker. She has been writing for the gay and lesbian press in Chicago for over two decades. Her “Lesbomania” columns and performances have tackled homophobia and built community through humor. She was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1998.

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction; Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

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Website: http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?item=111&todo=view_item
Jorjet Harper on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=jorjet+harper

Selected Titles

	Lesbomania : ISBN: 0934678537 OCLC: 29843383 New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT : ©1994.
	Tales from the dyke side / ISBN: 0934678715 OCLC: 33947647 New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT : ©1996. Demonstrating what it's like to be a lesbian in changing times, this series of side-splitting spoofs includes stories on the secret lesbian life of the Loch Ness Monster, the puzzle of the lesbian vampire craze, and scientific research on lesbian lizards and gay fruitflies.