{{Short description|American author and editor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox author | website = {{URL|rexogle.com}} | image = Rex Ogle 2024 Texas Book Festival.jpg | caption = Rex Ogle at the 2024 Texas Book Festival | nationality = American | occupation = Author | notable_works = ''[[Free Lunch (book)|Free Lunch]]'' | awards = {{plainlist}} *[[YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction]] (2020) *[[Cybils Award]] (2021) {{endplainlist}} }} '''Rex Ogle''' (born 1979 or 1980)'''<ref name="huffpost">{{Cite web |last=Ogle |first=Rex |date=2018-06-29 |title=The Day My Dad Kicked Me Out For Being Gay Changed My Life Forever |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dad-kicked-me-out-gay_n_5b33b23ae4b0b5e692f38ab7 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[HuffPost]] |language=en}}</ref>''' is an American author and editor who has published more than 100 books, including those written under various pseudonyms, such as '''Trey King''', '''Honest Lee''', and '''Rey Terciero'''. In addition to writing and editing for [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]],<ref name="forbes">{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Josh |date=2019-03-12 |title=Former DC Editor, Rex Ogle, On Capturing Mental Illness In Creator-Owned 'BLINK' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2019/03/12/exclusive-former-dc-editor-rex-ogle-on-capturing-mental-illness-in-creator-owned-blink/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Forbes]] |language=en}}</ref> Ogle has written a number of graphic novels and memoirs, including ''[[Free Lunch (book)|Free Lunch.]]''
== Biography == Ogle was born and raised in Texas with his mother and younger brother,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Etchison |first=Whitney |date=2020-02-24 |title=2020 Nonfiction Award Winner: An Interview with Rex Ogle on Free Lunch |url=https://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2020/02/24/2020-nonfiction-award-winner-an-interview-with-rex-ogle-on-free-lunch/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=The Hub |publisher=[[Young Adult Library Services Association]] |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as his mother's boyfriend and later his stepfather.<ref name="publishersweekly">{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Cheryl E. |date=2023-04-20 |title=Q & A with Rex Ogle |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/92078-q-a-with-rex-ogle.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> He experienced poverty and domestic violence as a child,<ref name="huffpost"/><ref name="forbes"/> which he discusses in his memoir ''Free Lunch.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ogle |first=Rex |title=Free Lunch |publisher=[[W. W. Norton]] |year=2019 |isbn=9781324003601}}</ref> In the book, he also discusses his lifelong experiences with depression, anxiety and panic attacks.<ref name="shelf-awareness">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-10 |title=Rex Ogle's Free Lunch |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=849 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref>
At age 18, Ogle [[came out]] to his parents and was immediately kicked out of his family home, after which he moved to [[New Orleans]] because he thought, "If I’m going to be homeless, I might as well be homeless somewhere cool."<ref name="huffpost"/> After a short while, he moved in with his grandmother, then eventually moved to [[New York City]],<ref name="huffpost"/> where he interned with [[Marvel Comics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Author |url=https://www.rexogle.com/about |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Rex Ogle |language=en-US}}</ref>
In addition to Marvel, Ogle has served as editor with [[DC Comics]],<ref name="shelf-awareness"/> [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]], and [[Little, Brown Young Readers]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milliot |first=Jim |date=2015-03-16 |title=Little, Brown in Deal with Lego |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/65888-little-brown-in-deal-with-lego.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> While editing with Little, Brown Young Readers, he worked with [[Neil Patrick Harris]] on his debut children's book, ''The'' ''Magic Misfits.<ref name="shelf-awareness"/>''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodge |first=Sally |date=2017-11-21 |title=Actor Neil Patrick Harris Assumes New Role of Children's Author |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/75445-actor-neil-patrick-harris-assumes-new-role-of-children-s-author.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
As of 2020, Ogle lived in [[Los Angeles]] with his husband.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-07 |title=An Interview with Rex Ogle |url=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2020/11/an-interview-with-rex-ogle/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Association for Library Service to Children|ALSC Blog]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Awards and honors == Ogle is a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestselling]] author.<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{Cite web |last=Drury |first=Sharareh |date=2021-04-23 |title=DC Launching Horror Imprint With 'The Conjuring' Limited Series |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dc-horror-imprint-the-conjuring-limited-series-4171587/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Two of his books are [[Junior Library Guild]] selections: ''[[Free Lunch (book)|Free Lunch]]'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Free Lunch by Rex Ogle |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781324003601J&name=Free_Lunch |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Junior Library Guild]]}}</ref> and ''Punching Bag'' (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Punching Bag by Rex Ogle |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781324016236J&name=Punching_Bag |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Junior Library Guild]]}}</ref>
Ogle's books have regularly landed on year-end booklists. In 2019, the [[Chicago Public Library]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2019 |url=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/200049033_chipublib_kids/1526320469_best_informational_books_for_older_readers_of_2019 |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=Chicago Public Library |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best of 2019 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2019/middle-grade/books/ |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> named ''Free Lunch'' one of the best middle grade children's books of 2019. In 2021, the [[New York Public Library]] named ''Punching Bag'' one of the year's "Top 10 Books for Teens".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lobash |first=Lynn |date=2021-11-23 |title=Introducing NYPL's Best Books of 2021 |url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/11/23/introducing-nypls-best-books-2021 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[The New York Public Library]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, ''[[School Library Journal]]'' included ''Abuela, Don't Forget Me'' on their list of the year's best poetry books.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simmons |first=Florence |date=2022-11-21 |title=SLJ Best Poetry 2022 |url=https://www.slj.com/story/best-poetry-2022-slj-best-books |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[School Library Journal]]}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Awards for Ogle's writing !Year !Title !Award/Honor !Result !Ref. |- |2019 | rowspan="3" |''Free Lunch'' |[[Cybils Award]] for Middle Grade Nonfiction |Finalist |<ref name="cybils">{{Cite web |title=2019 Cybils Finalists |url=https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2019-cybils-finalists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105105246/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2019-cybils-finalists |archive-date=2022-11-05 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2020 |[[YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction]] |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults {{!}} Awards & Grants |url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/117/winners |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=American Library Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kantor |first1=Emma |last2=Roback |first2=Diane |date=2020-01-27 |title=Craft, Kadir, King Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/82268-craft-kadir-king-win-newbery-caldecott-printz.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Youth Media Awards |url=https://www.slj.com/page/2020YouthMediaAwards |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[School Library Journal]]}}</ref> |- |[[In the Margins Award]] |Top 10 |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parrott |first=Kiera |date=2020-02-12 |title="In the Margins" Committee Announces 2020 Book Awards Honoring Marginalized & BIPOC Youth |url=https://www.slj.com/story/in-the-margins-book-awards-2020-bipoc-marginalized-youth-teens-tweens |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[School Library Journal]]}}</ref> |- |2021 |''Punching Bag'' |[[Cybils Award]] for Senior High Nonfiction |'''Winner''' |<ref name="cybils2">{{Cite web |title=2021 Cybils Winners |url=https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2021-cybils-winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328023305/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2021-cybils-winners |archive-date=2023-03-28 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="bookriot">{{Cite web |date=2022-02-15 |title=Here are the Winners of the 2021 Cybils Awards! |url=https://bookriot.com/2021-cybils-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205214642/https://bookriot.com/2021-cybils-awards/ |archive-date=2022-12-05 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=BOOK RIOT |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2022 |''Free Lunch'' |[[Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award|Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award]] |Nominee |<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2021 |title=2022 Master List Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Illinois Children's Choice Award |url=https://www.rebeccacaudill.org/images/2022/2022CaudillAuthorList.pdf |access-date=2022-02-20 |website=Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2023 | rowspan="2" |''Abuela, Don't Forget Me'' |Reading the West Book Award for Young Adult/Teen |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-15 |title=Awards: Reading the West, Women's Fiction Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4502 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]]}}</ref> |- |[[YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction]] |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jamison |first=Carla |date=2022-12-08 |title=YALSA Announces 2023 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/12/yalsa-announces-2023-excellence-nonfiction-young-adults-award-finalists |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[American Library Association]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Roback |first1=Diane |last2=Kantor |first2=Emma |last3=Jones |first3=Iyana |date=2023-01-30 |title=Luqman-Dawson, Salati, and Tahir Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/91407-luqman-dawson-salati-and-tahir-win-newbery-caldecott-printz-awards.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=YALSA Nonfiction Award Finalists in Conversation with SLJ |url=https://www.slj.com/event/yalsa-nonfiction-award-finalists-in-conversation-with-slj |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[School Library Journal]]}}</ref> |- |2024 |''Northranger'' |[[GLAAD Media Award]] [[GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel/Anthology|Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology]] |Nominee |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-17 |title=GLAAD ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 35th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS {{!}} GLAAD |url=https://glaad.org/releases/glaad-announces-nominees-for-the-35th-annual-glaad-media-awards/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=glaad.org |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2025 |''Road Home'' |[[Michael L. Printz Award]] |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-27 |title=American Library Association announces 2025 Youth Media Award winners |url=https://www.ala.org/news/2025/01/american-library-association-announces-2025-youth-media-award-winners |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=[[American Library Association]] |language=en}}</ref> |}
== Selected publications == {{Incomplete list|date=July 2023}}
=== Anthology contributions ===
* "Colors of June" in ''Hope Wins: A Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readers'', edited by [[Rose Brock]] (2022)
=== Comics === Dates and other contributors (e.g., co-authors and illustrators) have not been provided below due to the on-going and team-based nature of comic book writing.
* ''All New X-Men'' * ''The Conjuring: The Lover''<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/> * ''DC Pride 2023'' (anthology) * ''DC Universe Holiday Special'' * ''Death of Wolverine: Life After Logan'' * ''Justice League of America'' * ''Strange Love Adventures'' * ''Superman: Red and Blue'' * ''Teen Titans: The Hunt for Raven'' * ''The World of Flashpoint'' * ‘’Four Eyes’’ * ‘’Pizza Face’’ * ‘’Fruitcake’’ === Fiction books ===
==== Standalone novels ====
* ''Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of [[Little Women]]'', illustrated by [[Bre Indigo]], original text by [[Louisa May Alcott]] (as Rey Terceiro, 2019)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Canfield |first=David |date=2018-03-06 |title='Little Women' to become multicultural graphic novel for 150th anniversary |url=https://ew.com/books/2018/03/06/little-women-graphic-novel-anniversary/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=National Council of Teachers of English |last2=School Library Journal |date=2022-05-12 |title=Beth Doesn't Die in This One: 11 Companion Titles that Remix 'Little Women' |url=https://www.slj.com/story/slj-ncte-beth-doesnt-die-in-this-one-11-companion-titles-that-remix-little-women-louisa-may-alcott |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[School Library Journal]] |author1-link=National Council of Teachers of English |author2-link=School Library Journal }}</ref> * ''Blink'', illustrated by Edú (2019)<ref name="forbes"/> * ''Swan Lake: Quest for the Kingdoms'', illustrated by [[Megan Kearney]] (as Rey Terceiro, 2022) * ''The Darkness We Brought Back'', cowritten with [[Alex Segura]], illustrated by [[Joe Eisma]], colored by [[Manuel Puppo]], and lettered by [[Taylor Esposito]] (2023) * ''Northranger'', illustrated by Bre Indigo (as Rey Terceiro, 2023) * ''Dan of Green Gables'', illustrated by [[Claudia Aguirre]], original text by [[Lucy Maud Montgomery|L. M. Montgomery]] (as Rey Terceiro, exp. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kantor |first=Emma |date=2022-09-01 |title=Kindred Spirits: Children's Authors Reimagine 'Anne of Green Gables' |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/90208-kindred-spirits-children-s-authors-reimagine-anne-of-green-gables.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> * ''When We Ride'', a novel in verse (2025)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rascoe |first1=Ayesha |title=Rex Ogle discusses his novel-in-verse 'When We Ride' and writing about teenagers |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/06/nx-s1-5252938/rex-ogle-discusses-his-novel-in-verse-when-we-ride-and-writing-about-teenagers |access-date=23 April 2025 |publisher=NPR: Weekend Edition |date=6 April 2025}}</ref>
==== ''Classroom 13'' series ==== The ''Classroom 13'' books were published under the pseudonym Honest Lee. They were co-written with [[Matthew J. Gilbert]] and illustrated by [[Joëlle Dreidemy]].
# ''The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13'' (2017) # ''The Disastrous Magical Wishes of Classroom 13'' (2017) # ''The Fantastic and Terrible Fame of Classroom 13'' (2017) # ''The Happy and Heinous Halloween of Classroom 13'' (2018) # ''The Rude and Ridiculous Royals of Classroom 13'' (2018) # ''The Super Awful Superheroes of Classroom 13'' (2018)
==== ''The Supernatural Society'' series ====
# ''The Supernatural Society'' (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monsters, Myths, Magic, and Mad Science: PW Talks with Rex Ogle |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/87541-monsters-myths-magic-and-mad-science-pw-talks-with-rex-ogle.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> # ''Curse of the Werewolves'' (2022) # ''Rise of the Undead'' (2023)
=== Nonfiction books ===
* ''[[Free Lunch]]'' (2019) * ''Punching Bag'' (2021) * ''Abuela, Don't Forget Me'' (2022) * ''Road Home'' (2024)
==== ''Four Eyes'' series ====
* ''Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel'', illustrated by [[Dave Valeza]] (2023)<ref name="publishersweekly"/> * ''Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel'', illustrated by [[Dave Valeza]] (2024)
*’’Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel’’, illustrated by [[Dave Valeza]] (2026) == References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * "[https://www.mackincommunity.com/2020/09/16/rex-ogle-talks-about-his-past-and-how-he-found-a-way-forward/ Rex Ogle Talks About His Past and How He Found a Way Forward]" (Mackin Community)
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