Dean Backus

Dean Backus is the author or co-author of over ‎eleven plays, one of which (‘Thus with a Kiss') was ‎runner-up for Best Play at the 1993 Seattle New ‎Playwrights Festival, and another (‘Is This Seat ‎Taken?') winning Best Play at the 1996 San ‎Francisco Fringe Festival. He appeared in Alyson's ‎‎1998 anthology ‘Wilma Loves Betty', and was ‎featured in the book ‘Gay Marriage Real Life' ‎‎(2006) by Michelle Bates Deakin. His YA novel, ‎‎‘Darts and Flowers', was published in 2022 by ‎Torchflame Books. He lives outside of Portland, ‎Oregan with his partner, Jonathan. Find him at ‎www.deanbackusauthor.com.‎