Alan Lessik is a Berlin-based writer, Zen practitioner and amateur figure skater. His debut novel The Troubleseeker was short-listed for the Publishing Triangle’s 2017 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction. With an interest in how novels preserve queer culture, he has been published on this and other topics by Lambda Literary, the Bay Area Reporter, and Advocate. He is a member of the Queer Creative Writing Group in Berlin. alanlessik.com