F.T. Lukens

So This Is Ever After takes the fantasy quest as finished on page one, with the hero crowned and then informed that the kingdom's magic will kill him unless he marries within three months.

Lukens writes queer young adult fiction that is funny first and earnest second, and Otherworldly and Spell Bound work the same way.

The books are notable for having no coming-out plot and no homophobia in the invented worlds, which is a deliberate design choice rather than an oversight.