Joel Derfner

Joel Derfner is a composer and writer living in New York City. He is the author of Gay Haiku and Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended Up Happening Instead. He has also worked as a knitter, a step aerobics instructor, a cheerleader, a go-go boy, and a math teacher. Joel holds a B.A. in linguistics from Harvard University and an M.F.A. in musical theater writing from the Tisch School of the Arts.