He queried “millions of agents” before getting a response from New Leaf Literary & Media. With his MFA and first book under his belt, Gow embarked on the most difficult part of the writer’s journey: finding an agent-almost always a necessity for landing a book deal with a major publisher. “But it showed me how expansive and innovative those genres can be.”įor a project, his middle-grade professor asked the class, “What story did you need or want growing up?” Gow began writing that story, and then continued working on it outside of class. “I didn’t even think I’d like the class,” he laughed. But most importantly, Gow’s middle grade/young adult writing course opened his eyes to a new kind of storytelling.
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His professors taught him the value of revision and how to navigate being a professional writer, and mentored and supported his work. While pursuing his degree, Gow published poetry collections and taught creative writing as an adjunct professor for three semesters. “I learned a lot about being a queer person being in NYC,” he said. The University’s proximity to Manhattan’s LGBTQIA+ community and literary scene was also a big draw. Gow loved how she talked about writing and decided to attend Adelphi for his MFA. Jacqueline Jones LaMon, JD-an award-winning poet, former English professor, and Adelphi’s vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging-visited his persona poetry class as a guest speaker. “I like being creative about gender and not being in a fixed place.”Īfter completing his undergrad education, Gow began researching writing programs for his Master of Fine Arts. “It’s an ever-evolving situation,” he laughed. In college, Gow came out as nonbinary, then as a trans man, then reverted to nonbinary, which is what he identifies as now. He has also published six collections of adult poetry.
Gow identifies as genderqueer, autistic and a writer, but “When listing my identities, I’d list myself as a poet before anything else.” Two of Gow’s identities are reflected in his books for young readers: His first three books are about LGBTQIA+ characters and written in verse. Abrams, another major publisher, which will also publish his next middle grade book, scheduled for 2024. His first middle grade book, Dear Mothman (2023) was published by Harry N. His two books for young adult readers, A Million Quiet Revolutions (2022) and Ode to My First Car (June 2023), are published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, which is a part of Macmillan, one of the “big five” book publishers. Just three years after earning a master’s degree in creative writing, Gow (who uses (it/fae/he pronouns) has sold four books to two major book publishers. Major book publishers are looking for authors to craft authentic stories-authors like Robin Gow, MFA ‘20. The number of titles for middle grade and young adult readers that feature LGBTQIA+ characters has sharply increased over the last two years, according to market research firm The NPD Group.
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