Kenny Porpora
Kenny Porpora (born 1986/7) is an American author, speaker, and LGBTQ+ advocate. His first book, "The Autumn Balloon", was published in 2015 by Hachette Book Group. USA Today gave the book four out of four stars and said "Porpora's coming-of-age memoir is a brilliant debut from a fine writer with an intriguing way of viewing the world. It's also a story of how the hand a kid is dealt need not foretell his destiny." "Kirkus Reviews" called the memoir "a piercing first book." "The Autumn Balloon" was unanimously selected for the Target Book Club  and became a "New York Times" bestseller in the non-fiction category. Porpora has worked as a ghostwriter and developmental editor for Hachette Book Group and Amazon/Topple. His essays can be found in "The New York Times", "Newsweek", "BuzzFeed" and "Salon". Personal life. Porpora is gay and has obsessive–compulsive disorder and autism.