Conversation with Greg Lockard and Philip Dean Walker

Join us for a conversation on queer historical fiction across prose and graphic novels with Greg Lockard and Philip Dean Walker. 

Greg Lockard is a writer and editor of comic books and graphic novels. He has written and co-created two graphic novels for the Comixology Originals program: LIEBESTRASSE with co-creator/artist Tim Fish and TRICK PONY with co-creator/artist Anna David. LIEBESTRASSE was nominated as an “Outstanding Comic Book” for the 2020 GLAAD Media Awards and listed by the New York Times as one of 10 Comic Books to Celebrate Pride. TRICK PONY and LIEBESTRASSE are both available in all bookstores from Dark Horse Comics.

Philip Dean Walker holds a B.A. in American Literature from Middlebury College (2001) and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from American University (2013). His first book, At Danceteria and Other Stories, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017 and was also a semi-finalist for the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. His second book, Read by Strangers, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018. His newest book, Better Davis and Other Stories, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2021. He lives in Washington, D.C.