T Cooper is an LA born author who is now based in New York. One of the founding members of the drag king troop, The Backdoor Boys, T started writing after a stint at Teen People magazine.
T has written two novels, edited an anthology of short stories and recently had a story published in the New Yorker.
T's latest book, Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes, tells two stories. The first is of an Ellis Island bound Russian Jewish family. The other is of their descendant, a narrator named T Cooper who performs as Eminem.
Other T Cooper books include the 2002 novel, Some of the Parts and the 2006 anthology, A Fictional History of the United States With Huge Chunks Missing .
In an interview on the Queerty website, T explained:
"Differences in gender expression and transgender characters and people are a part of everybody’s lives, so it’s a little surprising to me that more people aren’t writing about it. Like, you know how all the self-congratulatory Hollywood movies have a depressed or cool gay cousin or brother in them, helping the main, normal characters better themselves and make the right decisions? Why not have a cool or depressed transgendered character in the next Meg Ryan love story?"
Check out T Cooper's website for more information on current projects and readings.
