Robert Drake

Robert Drake (born May 14, 1962) is an American editor, most well known for his work editing LGBT writing. His anthology His(2) won the Lambda Literary Award for Anthology in 1998, and another five of his anthologies have been finalists for the award.

1999 homophobic attack On January 31, 1999, two men, Glen Mahon and Ian Monaghan, approached him while he sat on his porch in Sligo, Ireland. Drake recognized the men from a bar he had visited earlier in the night and invited them inside.

Awards and honors

Publications

Works edited

Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers, with Terry Wolverton (1991) His (1995) His 2, with Terry Wolverton (1997) Hers 3, with Terry Wolverton (1999) His 3, with Terry Wolverton (1999) Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millenium, with Terry Wolverton (2000)

Works written

The Man: A Hero for Our Time. Book One: Why? (1995) The Gay Canon: Great Books Every Gay Man Should Read (1998)