He earned a bachelor's degree from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and studied for a masters in psychology at Western Washington University. Hartinger was born in 1972 in Washington State and grew up in Tacoma, Washington. He also worked as a counselor at a youth group home. He is a co-founder of AS IF! Authors Support Intellectual Freedom, a group of Young Adult authors supporting intellectual freedom. In 1990, he helped co-found Oasis, one of the nation's first support organization for gay teens, in his hometown of Tacoma, Washington. They had a commitment ceremony on Jand married on December 28, 2012. Hartinger lives in Seattle with his husband, novelist and writer Michael Jensen. Elisa_rolle Brent Hartinger is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his novels about gay teenagers.
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