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M.J. Beasi is a YA author, a voice teacher, and the founder/director of a teen opera workshop in western Massachusetts. They are a long-time blogger, most notably for the popular manga blog, Manga Bookshelf, the editor of CBLDF PRESENTS MANGA: INTRODUCTION, CHALLENGES, AND BEST PRACTICES, published in 2013 by Dark Horse Comics, and the English-language editor/adapter for several manga series, including A LOVELY DAY WITH YURI SENSEI and YOUR GENTLE HAND, published by DMG.

For the stage, M.J. has written IL SOGNO D’ARIANNA, an English-language narrative adapted from the madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi, an expanded adaptation of Henry Purcell’s DIDO AND AENEAS, and a queer adaptation of Handel’s RINALDO. When not writing or nerding out over Baroque opera, they can be found binging STEVEN UNIVERSE with their spouse and two cats.

M.J. believes that storytelling in its many forms is the way that we best share our most important truths and ideas. They’ll always be dedicated to storytelling in some form, though how they tell those stories has shifted dramatically over the course of their life.  Stay tuned for the next chapter.

 

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Instagram post 2194046453381662380_7332704 We finally finished the rest of the decorations today. 💜🎄
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Instagram post 2186407502076484847_7332704 Money has been tight, and I haven’t been able to get a real haircut in a long time. Finally, I got up the nerve to try maintaining the buzzed part of my undercut all by myself. I think I’m doing pretty well!
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Instagram post 2168276299515564915_7332704 I haven’t talked a lot about my books here (wrote one, been querying it, wrote another while I wait through that process) and it’s a whole thing. My second book has been out with a few readers for feedback, and one of them, Andrew Joseph White—himself an incredible writer—sketched this little scene yesterday in which the MC of my book and the MC of his (amazing!!!) WIP meet each other and I’m completely obsessed with it. Here's my MC, Charlie, w/their ghosts meeting A.J.’s MC, Benji, w/his beautiful, heartbreaking monsters. They are quite confused by each other, but we think they’d get along. 💜😭😍 Drawing by A.J White. You can follow A.J. and his work on Twitter as AJWhiteAuthor. His spectacular short story “Chokechain” will be included in the upcoming anthology TRANSCENDENT 4, The Year's Best Transgender Themed Speculative Fiction from Bogi Takács available for preorder now.
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M.J. Beasi, author, arts educator, teen opera director, nonbinary human. Writing queer YA. 💜 Any pronoun is fine. They/them is 🤩🥰👑. It sounds like "MJBZ."

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MAY THE BEST MAN WIN is almost at 500 adds on Goodreads! When we hit 500, I’ll share a snippet from the first chapter! 😉📚🏳️‍🌈

✨Add my book about a trans boy challenging his ex for Homecoming King here! ✨#MTBMW

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