It’s set in downtown Manhattan in 1990, the beginning of a new decade. Music, art, and fashion are burning bright in the city. The eighties are ending, the future feels big. But the unrelenting HIV/AIDS crisis continues to grow.
Adam—seventeen, a native New Yorker, a movie fanatic with dreams of directing one day—is falling hard for an aspiring musician a few years older.
Ben—eighteen, new to the city, eager to find a way into the fashion world—is starting to shed the layers of self-protection he’s hidden behind for so long.
Over the course of the year, the two boys will face urgent, life-altering events, challenging everything they believe about friendship, community, love, and hope.
I wrote When You Call My Name because I believe in us. I’ve seen what we can do.
When You Call My Name is out now in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries.
A Spanish-language translation, Cuando me llamas por mi nombre, is available in Spain and many Latin American countries. Find it at local and online bookshops everywhere
A Czech translation, Když voláš moje jméno, will be published in April 2023. More countries to follow.
