Torrey Peters

A trans woman, her detransitioned ex, and his cisgender lover build an unconventional family together in the wake of heartbreak and an unplanned pregnancy.

A Novel

Detransition, Baby

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The lives of three women—transgender and cisgender—collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 SO FAR . . . Vulture: “Reading this novel is like holding a live wire in your hand.” Time: “One of the most celebrated novels of the year.” Marie Claire: “You won't be able to put it down.” Bustle: “The book everyone is talking about.” Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Esquire • Longlisted for The Women’s Prize • Roxane Gay’s Audacious Book Club Pick • New York Times Editors’ Choice Reese almost had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York City, a job she didn't hate. She had scraped together what previous generations of trans women could only dream of: a life of mundane, bourgeois comforts. The only thing missing was a child. But then her girlfriend, Amy, detransitioned and became Ames, and everything fell apart. Now Reese is caught in a self-destructive pattern: avoiding her loneliness by sleeping with married men. Ames isn't happy either. He thought detransitioning to live as a man would make life easier, but that decision cost him his relationship with Reese—and losing her meant losing his only family. Even though their romance is over, he longs to find a way back to her. When Ames's boss and lover, Katrina, reveals that she's pregnant with his baby—and that she's not sure whether she wants to keep it—Ames wonders if this is the chance he's been waiting for. Could the three of them form some kind of unconventional family—and raise the baby together? This provocative debut is about what happens at the emotional, messy, vulnerable corners of womanhood that platitudes and good intentions can't reach. Torrey Peters brilliantly and fearlessly navigates the most dangerous taboos around gender, sex, and relationships, gifting us a thrillingly original, witty, and deeply moving novel.

In the future, everyone will be trans. So says Lexi. She's a charismatic trans woman furious with the way she sees her trans friends treated by society and resentful of the girl who spurned her love. Now, Lexi has a plan to wreak her vengeance: a future in which no one can produce hormones and everyone must make the same choice that she made-what body best fits your gender? FOR SIGNED AND NUMBERED VERSION, CHECK WWW.TORREYPETERS.COM

Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.”—People

“Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.”—Miranda July, New York Times bestselling author of All Fours

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE A VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)

In this collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters’s keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing.

In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition.

Three startling stories surround Stag Dance: “Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. In “The Chaser,” a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last story, “The Masker,” a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood.

Acidly funny and breathtaking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of George Saunders or Jennifer Egan, Stag Dance provokes, unsettles, and delights.

A Novel & Stories

Stag Dance

After a party on the Las Vegas strip, a young sissy must choose between her internet fantasy of forced feminization at the hands of mysterious handsome man, or the difficult reality of transition with the help of a cynical veteran transsexual woman. From Torrey Peters comes a dark new novella about online sissy culture, female-masking, forced feminization fantasies, internalized misogyny, and crossdressing. Illustrated with original new artwork-created especially for the novella-by the incomparable portraitist of trans women, Sybil Lamb. FOR SIGNED/NUMBERED VERSION OF THIS BOOK, PLEASE CHECK WWW.TORREYPETERS.COM

The Masker

You can only lose your virginity once, right? Not if you're Amy-a trans woman caught in loops of dissociation-so that she has sex for the first time multiple times, in multiple ways, through multiple levels of presence, in a search to own and redeem the self-inflicted pain of her past. From Torrey Peters, author of The Masker and Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, comes a novella that dives into the labor of naming your pain when there's no easily identifiable source of trauma.

Glamour Boutique

Um romance sobre três pessoas – trans e cis – cujas vidas colidem quando uma gravidez inesperada as força a confrontar seus desejos mais profundos sobre gênero e parentalidade. Reese tinha quase tudo o que sempre desejou: uma relação estável com Amy, um apartamento em Nova York, um trabalho que ela não odiava. Tinha conquistado o que gerações anteriores de mulheres trans apenas sonharam: uma vida mundana, banal e confortável. A única falta que sentia era de uma criança. Porém sua namorada, Amy, destransicionou de gênero e tornou-se Ames, fazendo tudo desmoronar. Agora Reese está em um ciclo autodestrutivo: para evitar a solidão, dorme com homens casados. Ames também não está feliz. Ele pensou que a vida ficaria mais fácil ao destransicionar e viver como homem novamente, entretanto, essa decisão custou seu relacionamento com Reese – o que significou perder sua única família. Apesar de a relação amorosa ter acabado, ele busca um caminho de volta para ela. Quando sua chefe e amante, Katrina, revela que está grávida dele – e que não tem certeza se quer o bebê –, Ames se pergunta se não seria essa a chance pela qual ele estava esperando. Poderiam os três formar uma família não tradicional e criar o bebê juntos? Neste provocativo romance de estreia, caminhamos pelo sinuoso, vulnerável e confuso terreno da feminilidade, no qual boas intenções não são o bastante. Torrey Peters percorre de forma brilhante e destemida os mais variados tabus: de gênero, de sexo e de formas de relacionamentos, resultando num enredo original, espirituoso e comovente.

Destransição, baby

Reese oli vähällä saada kaiken: rakastavan parisuhteen Amyn kanssa, asunnon New Yorkista, työn josta piti. Hän oli kursinut kasaan elämän, josta edelliset transnaisten sukupolvet vain uneksivat; arkinen ja keskiluokkaisen mukava maailma oli jo hänen käsissään. Ainoa puuttuva asia oli lapsi.

Detransition, baby

Trans i pół, bejbi

Stag Dance: From the Bestselling Author of Detransition, Baby

'Adventurous, mind-expanding and provocative' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Unlike anything I'd ever read' YAEL VAN DER WOUDEN, Women's Prize-winning author of The Safekeep'Innovative, insightful, funny and confronting' INDEPENDENT, Best Books to Look Out for in 2025'A shining talent' STYLIST Best Books of 2025Deep in the forest, a band of lumberjacks on an illegal logging operation plan a winter dance that some will volunteer to attend as women. In other times and places, the gender apocalypse is brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend; a boarding-school romance surfaces intrigue and cruelty; and a Las Vegas weekender turns dark, as a young crossdresser is forced to choose between sexual frisson or unglamorous sisterhood. Acidly funny, provocative and inspired, this quartet of tales displays Torrey Peters' keen eye for the rough edges of desire.

From the Bestselling Author of Detransition, Baby

Roman | Der New York Times-Bestseller | Nominiert für den Women's Fiction Prize | Mit dem PEN/Hemingway Award ausgezeichnet

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.”—People “Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.”—Miranda July, New York Times bestselling author of All Fours NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A WASHINGTON POST AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) In this collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters’s keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing. In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition. Three startling stories surround Stag Dance: “Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. In “The Chaser,” a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last story, “The Masker,” a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood. Acidly funny and breathtaking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of George Saunders or Jennifer Egan, Stag Dance provokes, unsettles, and delights.

A Quartet

»Absolut faszinierend. Mit Witz und Pathos erkundet Peters ihre Figuren am Rande des Erwachsenwerdens.« BRIT BENNETT »Heiß, herzzerreißend und ein echter Triumph.« MIRANDA JULY Radikal, spielerisch und mitreißend – das Porträt einer Identitätsfindung »Dieses innovative, grenzen-verschiebende Buch feiert Gender, Transsein und das Leben an den Rändern in großartigem kompliziertem Glanz.« People Vier gleichermaßen visionäre Texte verschmelzen zu einer Coming-of-Age-Geschichte, einer Geschichte des Ausprobierens: Jungs in einem Internat erleben, wie sich ihr geheimes Begehren in Grausamkeit und Verrat verkehrt, trans* Menschen planen nichts weniger als die Übernahme der Weltherrschaft, Holzfäller feiern vergnügt ein ausgelassenes Fest im Wald, bis ein Teil der Männer als Frauen auftritt, und ein Crossdresser steht an einem Partywochenende in Las Vegas verzweifelt zwischen zwei Versuchungen. Scham, Selbstüberschätzung, Verwirrung und Verlorenheit – Torrey Peters erzählt von den verstörenden wie befreienden Aspekten des Erwachsenwerdens. Davon, wie herausfordernd es sein kann, den eigenen Weg zu finden.

Ein Roman in vier Bildern | Von der Autorin von DETRANSITION, BABY -- »Heiß, herzzerreißend und ein echter Triumph.« Miranda July

roman

**The irresistible follow-up to the hit debut novel Detransition, Baby** A BOOK TO WATCH IN 2025 IN THE GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, ROLLING STONES AND THE BBC 'As innovative, insightful, funny, and confronting as we've come to expect from Peters' work' Independent, Best Books to Look Out for in 2025 'A shining talent' Stylist Best Books of 2025 'Hot, heartbreaking and thrillingly victorious' MIRANDA JULY 'Potent and surprising and takes no prisoners' CARMEN MARIA MACHADO 'Spellbinding. With pathos and wit, Peters explores characters on the brink of self-discovery' BRIT BENNETT Deep in the forest, a group of restless lumberjacks working an illegal logging outfit plan a winter dance that some will volunteer to attend as women; the broadest, strongest axeman finds himself caught in a rivalry with a pretty, young jack that culminates in jealousy, betrayal and an astonishing spectacle of transition. Meanwhile, in other times and places, the gender apocalypse is brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend; an illicit boarding-school romance surfaces intrigue and cruelty; and a Las Vegas party weekend turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between a thrilling mystery man or a veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood. In this quartet of tales, Torrey Peters' keen eye for the rough edges of desire reveals fresh possibilities. Acidly funny, boldly inventive and breathtaking in scope, Stag Dance provokes and unsettles, inspires and delights.

From the bestselling author of Detransition, Baby

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to Detransition, Baby . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.”—People “Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.”—Miranda July, New York Times bestselling author of All Fours NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) In this collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters’s keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing. In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition. Three startling stories surround Stag Dance: “Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. In “The Chaser,” a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last story, “The Masker,” a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood. Acidly funny and breathtaking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of George Saunders or Jennifer Egan, Stag Dance provokes, unsettles, and delights.

Reese är fast i en ond spiral. Hon har destruktiva relationer med gifta män och är olyckligt kär i sitt ex Amy. Amy har genomgått en detransition och lever åter som man, Ames. Ames saknar också Reese, men har andra, mer överhängande bekymmer: Trots år av hormonbehandlingar har han lyckats göra sin chef gravid. Ames möter Reese igen och slås av en insikt. Tänk om en annan sorts familj är möjlig?

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