Thomas Page McBee

Thomas Page McBee’s Lambda award-winning debut memoir, Man Alive, was named a best book of the year by NPR Books, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, and Publisher's Weekly. His “refreshing [and] radical” (The Guardian) follow-up, Amateur, was shortlisted for the UK’s Baillie-Gifford nonfiction book prize and the Wellcome Book Prize, named a best book of the year by many publications, and translated into multiple languages. In the course of reporting the book, Thomas became the first transgender man to ever fight in Madison Square Garden.

A writer/producer, Thomas has developed projects for HBO and Showtime, and his screenwriting credits include The Umbrella Academy, where he architected and wrote the transition narrative for Elliot Page’s character, Viktor. That storyline was widely praised in the press, and the season was nominated for a GLAAD award. His essays and reportage appear in the New York Times, The Atlantic, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and many other outlets, and his work has been longlisted in Best American Sports Writing, recognized by the North American Travel Journalists Association, and supported by residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo. He lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and dogs.