April Free Novels! From YA to Queer Lit 🥰📚✨
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An Italian Adventure (The Italian Saga Vol. 1) was selected as a Finalist in the LGBTQ+ category of the 2026 LGBTQ+ International Book Awards.
Gaia B Amman
An Italian Adventure is a 2026 LGBTQ+ International Book Awards Finalist and a Kirkus-featured “astute and affecting” fictionalized memoir.
Gaia B. Amman (they/them) is a Ph.D. molecular oncologist turned chart-topping author of The Italian Saga. Born and raised in the dichotomy of Northern Italy’s sensuality and rigid traditions, Gaia’s work explores the coming-of-gender journey with empathy, grit, and 80s and 90s nostalgia.
Their debut volume, An Italian Adventure, is a 5-star Readers’ Choice winner, a Kirkus-featured “astute and affecting” fictionalized memoir, and a 2026 LGBTQ+ International Book Awards Finalist in the LGBTQ+ category. Drawing from personal experience and a former career as a tenured professor and Nature-published researcher, Gaia blends scientific precision with soul and spice to discuss socially relevant topics with humor and heart.
Whether navigating the 1990 World Cup or the complexities of love and nonbinary identity, Gaia’s stories are an addictive roadmap toward the pursuit of happiness beyond gender.
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A lighthearted but affecting narrative of childhood’s many changes.
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The paperback of AIS is here!! Release date 5/5/26 🥳🥳🥳
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Big News! My Nonbinary 90s Saga selected for Kirkus Reviews Magazine! ⭐️
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The Italian Saga Q&A!
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So what’s The Italian Saga about? 👀📚✨
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OUT TODAY! An Italian Summer is HERE! Book2 of The Italian Saga ✨🥳📚
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