About Dirk Vanden Books
Dirk Vanden, born Richard Fullmer, has been called "a hero, a pioneer" of Gay Literature. His writing has been critically acclaimed as being "on a level with Genet, Forster, Joyce, White, and even Faulkner." ALL TOGETHER won the "Lambda Literary Award, for Best Gay Erotica-2011." His autobiography, IT WAS TOO SOON BEFORE... won the prestigious "Rainbow Award as Best LGBT Biography/Memoir." Dirk is retired, and now lives in Carmichael California, a bedroom community for Sacramento, with his eighth dog-child, an Aussie-Shepherd/Springer Spaniel mix, "Buddy III." He is currently working on a stage play and TV series called "GONE ARE THE DAYS."
