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Victor J. Banis

Victor J. Banis (born 1937) is an American author, often associated with the first wave of west coast gay writing. For his contributions he has been called "the godfather of modern popular gay fiction." Source: Wikipedia

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Born 25 May 1937
Died 22 February 2019

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  • Cover of: The Tijuana Bible Reader

    First published in 1969 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Men & their boys: the homosexual relationship between adult and adolescent

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Second Tijuana Bible Reader

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Why Not

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Color Him Gay: The Further Adventures of That Man from C.A.M.P.

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Charms, spells, and curses for the millions

    First published in 1970 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The earth and all it holds
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    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Gay Dogs: The Further Adventures of That Man from C.A.M.P.
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  • Cover of: The Gay Haunt

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Goodbye, My Lover

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  • Cover of: The Greek Boy

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  • Cover of: Kenny's Back

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lola dances

    First published in 2008 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Pot Thickens: Recipes from Writers
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  • Cover of: San Antone
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    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Small town sex-- today!

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Born 25 May 1937
Died 22 February 2019

Subjects

Fiction, Gay men, Fiction, lgbtq+, gay, Fiction, erotica, general, Fiction, gay, Fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Gay men in literature, American Authors, Romance, collectionID:Sleazy_pulp, 1830, Anger, Authhorship, Authorship, Biography, Bodice Ripper, Brussac Family, California, Censorship, Cooking, Cowboys, Dancers, Detective and mystery stories, Erotic stories

Places

California, San Francisco (Calif.), America, Atlantic, France, Paris (France), United States, West (U.S.), Western Ameirca

People

Victor J. Banis, Brussac Family

Time

20th century, 1830, 1830-, 19th century

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Alternative names

  • Jan Alexander
  • Jay Alexander
  • V.J. Banis
  • Victor Banis
  • Lynn Benedict
  • Don Holliday
  • Victor Jay
  • Elizabeth Monterey
  • Jay Vickery
  • J.X. Williams

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April 14, 2025 Edited by Erraticonteuse Edited without comment.
March 4, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author bio & photo
March 4, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
March 4, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import