User:Melaniecleis/Richard Lobonté

Richard Lobonté is a Canadian editor. He reviews gay literature for Q Syndicate, which distributes his fortnightly column "Book Marks, and writes books for Publishers Weekly. His published works include Hot Gay Erotica, Country Boys: Wild Gay Erotica, and Boy Crazy: Coming out Erotica.

In 1979 he co-founded A Different Light Bookstore in Los Angeles, New York, West Hollywood, and San Francisco. He managed them until the year 2000, seeing them through a four year period of debt. He retired to his 200-arce farm on Bowen Island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, which he owns along with seven of his college friends.

He has edited for Cleis Press' Best Gay Erotica series since 1996 and also edits the Best Gay Romance series.