1 Published BooksBen Appel
In 2016, after working as a hairstylist for over a decade, I returned to school to become a professional writer. In May 2020, I graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing.
I am the recipient of Columbia’s 2019 Nonfiction Prize for my essay, “Heinrich Hofmann’s Christ.” I have written for The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Free Press, New York Post, UnHerd, Washington Examiner, Queer Majority, spiked, The Spectator, Daily Mail, and Quillette.
My memoir, "Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic" (Bombardier, 2025), about my childhood in a Christian covenant community and my experiences in LGBT activism and Ivy League academia, is now available where books are sold.
