Kenny Porpora

Kenny Porpora (born 1986/7) is an American author, speaker, and LGBTQ+ advocate.

His first book, The Autumn Balloon, was published in 2015 by Hachette Book Group. USA Today gave the book four out of four stars and said "Porpora's coming-of-age memoir is a brilliant debut from a fine writer with an intriguing way of viewing the world. It's also a story of how the hand a kid is dealt need not foretell his destiny." Kirkus Reviews called the memoir "a piercing first book."

The Autumn Balloon was unanimously selected for the Target Book Club and became a New York Times bestseller in the non-fiction category.

Porpora has worked as a ghostwriter and developmental editor for Hachette Book Group and Amazon/Topple. His essays can be found in The New York Times, Newsweek, BuzzFeed and Salon.