Alex Gino is an American children's book writer. Gino's debut book, George, was the winner of the 2016 Stonewall Book Award as well as the 2016 Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Children's/Young Adult.Gino identifies as genderqueer, making use of the singular they pronoun set and the honorific mx. in reference to themself.Gino was born and raised in Staten Island, New York, but over the years has lived in such locations as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Brooklyn, New York; Astoria, Queens; Northampton, Massachusetts; and Oakland, California. As of April 2016, however, Gino lives in their RV as they drive around the country. Wikipedia