This profile is part of Queerty’s 2020 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Becky Albertalli, 37Bio: This Atlanta native ditched her clinical psychology career in 2012 to become a writer, and her debut novel, Simon vs.
the Homo Sapiens Agenda hit bookshelves in 2015. The book earned the William C. Morris Award for Best Young Adult Debut of the Year, was long-listed for a National Book Award, and inspired the groundbreaking 2018 rom-com Love, Simon.Albertalli returned to the Simonverse with the books The Upside of Unrequited, Leah on the Offbeat, and Love, Creekwood.