Patience and Sarah

Alma Routsong (pen name Isabel Miller, 1924-1996) was an American novelist best known for her pioneering lesbian fiction, including the landmark novel Patience and Sarah (originally self-published as A Place for Us in 1969), which won the first Stonewall Book Award (Gay Book Award) in 1971 and became a seminal work in LGBTQ literature. EBSCO Research Starters Born in Traverse City, Michigan, she served in the WAVES during WWII, graduated from Michigan State University, and after coming out as lesbian, became active in the Gay Liberation movement while working as an editor and proofreader.Alma Routsong -