Trebor Healey

Trebor spent his twenties in San Francisco, where he was active in the spoken word scene of the late 80s and early 90s, publishing 5 chapbooks of poetry as well as numerous poems in various reviews, journals, anthologies and zines. In 1994, along with Marci Blackman, he co-edited Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco (Manic D Press), and wrote the song "Denny" for the homocore punk band, Pansy Division.

Trebor's first novel, Through It Came Bright Colors (Haworth Press, 2003) won both the 2004 Ferro-Grumley Award and the 2004 Violet Quill Award, and resulted in a writing residency at the Morris Graves Foundation, Summer 2004.

Trebor currently lives in Los Angeles where he is writing his second novel, A Horse Named Sorrow, and planning a tour for his just-released short story collection, A Perfect Scar & Other Stories(Haworth Press, July, 2007).

An avid reader/performer, Trebor did a 2-month 30-city tour for his novel and kept a tour journal.

In a recent interview, Trebor talks with Marilyn Pittman about his life as a queer writer. Her show "Out In The Bay" is a weekly half-hour radio show broadcast on NPR affiliate KALW, 91.7 FM.

Click here to listen to the interview (via Flash player).

Trebor has worked a variety of jobs to support his writing habit, from washing dishes, busing tables, catering and bartending, to copywriting for the phone company and working as a lackey for a traffic engineering firm, where he stood on street corners counting traffic for environmental impact reports and once compiled a complete sign inventory for the city of Fremont. In recent years he has taken to house-painting, brush-clearing, tutoring kids and teenagers, teaching occasional writing workshops, and as always, performing lots of data entry. He currently works part-time doing research, communications and fundraising for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and thus would never ever consider shopping at Wal-Mart. Please don't.

For a full listing of his published work, see the Publications page on his website, www.treborhealey.com.