
Michael Nava
Author · 14 books
Michael Nava is the author of a groundbreaking series of crime novels featuring a gay, Latino criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios. Nava is a six-time recipient of the Lambda Literary Award in the mystery category, as well as the Bill Whitehead Lifetime Achievement Award for gay and lesbian literature.
Series
Books

The City of Palaces
2014

Goldenboy
1988

The Little Death
1986

The Hidden Law
1992

The Burning Plain
1997

The Death of Friends
1844

Street People
2017

Created Equal
Why Gay Rights Matter to America
1994

Howtown
1881

Lies with Man
2021

Rag and Bone
2001

Carved in Bone
2019

The Letter Q
Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves
2012

Lay Your Sleeping Head
2016