Milo Beckett
Milo Beckett writes warm, emotionally honest contemporary YA about identity, friendship, first love, and the complicated expectations that come with growing up. His stories focus on the uncertain in-between years, when the future feels both impossibly far away and suddenly much too close. With humor, heart, and a thoughtful eye for the moments that quietly change everything, he writes about young people discovering that becoming yourself doesn’t always mean knowing exactly who that is yet.
The In-Between Years Series
I Don’t Know Who I Am Supposed to Be is a warm, funny LGBTQ+ coming-of-age novel about a high school senior whose perfectly planned future begins unraveling when an unexpected friendship makes him question what he wants, who he loves, and whether he needs to have himself figured out at all.
We Were Friends Before This is a queer coming-of-age novel about first love, lifelong friendship, and discovering that becoming your own person doesn’t have to mean leaving behind the person who knew you first.