Mel Hammond & Teghan Hammond

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Mel Hammond (top) and Teghan Hammond.

Mel Hammond (top) and Teghan Hammond.

The new YA novel Lucy, Uncensored delves into the very topics that the right is trying to censor in this country: gender identity and trans rights. Protagonist Lucy heads off to college relishing the idea that college will be a fresh start, for the first time not having to go to school with kids she’s known since kindergarten and looking forward to rooming with best friend Callie. Some unwelcome transphobic comments on her college tour make her wonder if she is really on the right path. The co-authors, Mel Hammond (an Isthmus contributor) and her sister Teghan Hammond, coming in from Indiana for the event, will be on hand to celebrate the book’s publication.

media release: Join Mel and Teghan Hammond for the exciting release of LUCY, UNCENSORED—a compelling YA novel that takes you on a transformative road trip through gender identity, self-expression, and the journey of finding your place as an out-and-proud transgender teen after high school.

Teghan Hammond lives and drinks excessive amounts of coffee in northern Indiana. She has a deep love for the LGBTQIA+ community, as seen in both her writing and volunteer work. Despite changing her major in college about a dozen times, she has always wanted to advocate for this community in whatever way she can. When she’s not tearing down gender norms, Teghan is probably watching cartoons or gaming.

As a content development editor for American Girl, Mel Hammond wrote advice and activity books and developed fiction books. Now she writes full time, alongside two feline coworkers who have a variety of skills, including sitting on her keyboard and deleting entire paragraphs of text. Mel lives in Madison, Wisconsin.