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Author Mason Deaver talks about their adult debut, The Build-a-Boyfriend Project, why they want to see more softness in male romantic leads, and what their next adult romance is about.

In Conversation with Mason Deaver

In this Fat Forward Books exclusive interview, Samantha Puc talks with author Mason Deaver about their adult debut, The Build-a-Boyfriend Project, why they want to see more softness in male romantic leads, and what their next adult romance is about.

Mason Deaver is the bestselling and award-winning author of young adult books like I Wish You All the Best, an NPR Concierge pick with a movie adaptation; and The Feeling of Falling in Love, which earned a starred review from BookPage. The Build-A-Boyfriend Project is their adult romance debut.

Born and raised in a small town in North Carolina, Mason now calls San Francisco home, with three feline roommates.

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Fat Forward Books is Samantha Puc's Bindery Tastemaker page, celebrating books by fat authors and about fat experiences, across every genre and age group. In addition to an active Discord community with a monthly, virtual book club, Forward Books publishes author interviews, book news, reviews, guest posts, and more. Subscribe (for free!) and never miss a post.

Samantha Puc (she/they) is a fat, disabled, lesbian writer and editor whose work focuses primarily on LGBTQ+ and fat representation in pop culture. They are an Eisner Award-winning journalist and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic with bylines at The Beat, Publishers Weekly, Yes! Magazine, Polygon, and elsewhere. Samantha is the founder of Fat Forward Books, Community Voices Blog Editor at NAAFA, and a contributor to the award-winning Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives. They graduated in 2025 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction from The New School. When Samantha is not working or writing, she loves spending time with her cats, reading, and perfecting her grilled cheese recipe.

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