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Dirk Vanden
Dirk Vanden, AKA Richard “Dirk” Fullmer, was born May 7, 1933, in a one-room cabin on his grandfather’s farm in Roosevelt, Utah, his parents married in the Mormon Temple, labeled a...view moreDirk Vanden, AKA Richard “Dirk” Fullmer, was born May 7, 1933, in a one-room cabin on his grandfather’s farm in Roosevelt, Utah, his parents married in the Mormon Temple, labeled a “Miracle” by his grandmother, but treated like a bastard by his supposed father, he grew up “the best little Mormon boy in the whole wide world” until puberty. At age 16, his attraction to other boys prompted a crisis of faith and a test of his religion, and his religion lost. He has spent the time since then ruminating on those and other events of his life and writing 12 books about the process. (9 of them published.)He has lived in Carmichael, CA, a suburb of Sacramento, in a two bedroom duplex on a quiet, tree-lined street, for 16 years, now with his eighth dog: Buddy III, an adopted 5-year old Australian Shepherd / Springer Spaniel mix. He is working on several projects, including a television series based on his stage play Gone Are The Days.His autobiography It Was Too Soon Before... from Lethe Press, won the prestigious Elisa Rolle Rainbow Award for Best Gay Biography or Memoir, 2012, and tied for third place in the Best Gay Book of the Year, 2012.All Together won a “Lammy” from The Lambda Literary Foundation, as Best Gay Erotica, 2011.view less