J Q Gagliastro

J.Q. (Jacob Quentin) Gagliastro grew up as the new kid, moving from state to state (VA, NY, FL, MA, PA, and CT). At age sixteen, he was thrown out for being non-binary queer. Despite this, he pushed himself through school and earned a BA in French Language and Literature from Allegheny College. He studied language arts in Northern Italy and Angers, France. In France, he worked at the city hall of Fismes as a French to English translator. He then moved to the great city of Philadelphia and...See more

J.Q. (Jacob Quentin) Gagliastro grew up as the new kid, moving from state to state (VA, NY, FL, MA, PA, and CT). At age sixteen, he was thrown out for being non-binary queer. Despite this, he pushed himself through school and earned a BA in French Language and Literature from Allegheny College. He studied language arts in Northern Italy and Angers, France. In France, he worked at the city hall of Fismes as a French to English translator. He then moved to the great city of Philadelphia and returned to his one true passion: literature. Coming from a working-class family of eight, J.Q. always had to support himself. When he couldn't, he became a sugarbaby and ashamedly sold his body. While "The Diary of a Sugarbaby" is a work of fiction, it is also a horrendous yet bittersweet story about his life and honest experiences as a sugarbaby twisted into a political satire. It is a #1 bestseller in LGBTQ+ coming of age fiction and a 5-star read according to Readers' Favorite. The Manhattan Book Review called it "'The Handmaid's Tale' on steroids!" Visit jqgagliastro.com and follow @jq.gagliastro on IG for more! See less