Robert Joseph Greene

Robert Joseph Greene is a Canadian author whose mission is simple but powerful: to bring romantic love back to the heart of gay storytelling.

Greene first made waves in 1995 with his Gay Folklore Stories of the World series — a bold collection of love tales designed to teach bravery, chivalry, and the beauty of selfless romantic acts. “Romantics are to gays what Christians were to Romans back in the day — something to feed to the lions,” Greene once quipped, capturing the uphill battle to bring emotional depth to gay relationships in a world that often undervalues them.

His early short stories, such as The Soiled Loin Cloth and The Wrong Voice Far Away, were published in SBC Magazine alongside evocative imagery, earning him recognition as a writer unafraid to merge passion and provocation. His work reached new audiences when The Journey and the Jewels was published in Letters from Camp Rehoboth for Valentine’s Day 2006, earning praise from Canadian and U.S. LGBTQ media outlets.

Greene’s acclaimed collections The Gay Icon Classics of the World (Volumes I & II) gather love stories from over a dozen cultures — from Hebrew folklore to Korean brotherhood legends — offering readers a rare look at the universality of queer romance across time and geography. Rabbi Steven Greenberg, one of the world’s most prominent gay Jewish scholars, called Greene’s Hebrew story Halo’s Golden Circle “a beautiful story.”

Today, Greene continues to challenge readers with work that blends cultural insight, raw emotion, and unapologetic honesty. His novel This High School Has Closets has been called a powerful, modern coming-of-age story — one that doesn’t shy away from the hard truths of being young, gay, and searching for belonging.

Whether through international folklore, intimate romance, or contemporary LGBTQ narratives, Robert Joseph Greene’s books are a celebration of love, courage, and the enduring human spirit.