"It all started in 1975. I was fifteen years, three hundred and forty-four days old, nothing but a kid, albeit a kid they'd highlighted in The Year Book as a 'hard case'. I was four months out of juvey, give or take, and I had a swagger, an edge, abrasion ...
So begins the hilarious, often vexed, and constantly twisted life story of Teri Louise Kelly in this first volume of her memoirs. Writing as the boy she once was, Teri takes us into the cloistered world of swanky hotels in England and Paris."
"Teri Louise Kelly is the self-taught, genre & gender crossing author of three memoirs and one poetry collection. Originally from Brighton (UK) she now lives in Adelaide (Australia).
Her work has appeared in innumerable worldwide journals and she regularly reads her poetry live. Also having released a spoken word CD (2010)she has appeared on National Radio (Australia)& at various festivals, currently working on her second poetry anthology, a memoir about her gender change & a speculative fiction she has just released 'Shedding Sin' verse novel in conjunction with partner Jenny Toune available through Lady Lazarus Press."
In 2015, I talked to Teri and asked her whether there is anything like transgender literature or art? "I don’t think so, being transgendered means difficulty mixed with a weird fascination – you never quite fit but because you don’t fit people open other doors for you."
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