biography

Jase Peeples is an award-winning journalist, author, and storyteller. He is the former entertainment editor of The Advocate and currently works as a features and global news editor at RVO Health. His debut novel, TWIRL (Evernight Teen), and his first children’s book, Square Zair Pair, are available worldwide.

His writing has been featured in a variety of outlets including Healthline, Healthgrades, Out, Queerty, and WGI Focus Magazine. In 2014, he was named “Journalist of the Year” by the L.A. Press Club at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, recognized for his “original angles and points of view” that cast “new light on many beaten tracks of entertainment journalism.”

Jase earned his BFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and calls San Francisco home.