About Kenny Porpora
Born 1987. Kenny Porpora is an American writer.
Kenny Porpora (born 1986/7 ) is an American author, speaker, and LGBTQ+ advocate.
His first book, The Autumn Balloon, was published in 2015 by Hachette Book Group. USA Today gave the book four out of four stars and said "Porpora's coming-of-age memoir is a brilliant debut from a fine writer with an intriguing way of viewing the world. It's also a story of how the hand a kid is dealt need not foretell his destiny." Kirkus Reviews called the memoir "a piercing first book".
The Autumn Balloon was unanimously selected for the Target Book Club and became a New York Times bestseller in the non-fiction category.
Porpora has worked as a ghostwriter and developmental editor for Hachette Book Group and Amazon/Topple. His essays can be found in The New York Times, Newsweek, BuzzFeed and Salon.
Personal life Porpora is gay and autism.
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American writer and activist
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Kenny Porpora was born in 1987.
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Kenny Porpora is a writer.
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