All Together

I WANT IT ALL started out as a Gay Pulp, written for Frenchy's Gay Line in 1969. It introduces Warren Miller, a young man, working as a cowboy in Colorado, exploring his sexuality in a changing world. The sequel, ALL THE WAY, follows the story of Bill Thorne, Warren Miller's best friend, as he struggles to deal with his self-image as a "real" man, and reconcile that with his feelings for other men. The third and final part of the trilogy, ALL IS WELL, picks up the story of Bill Thorne's brother, Robert, who raped Bill as a teenager, bringing all of the major characters back together for a truly climactic and thrilling ending.

Dirk Vanden, born Richard Fullmer, has been called ＂a hero, a pioneer＂ of Gay Literature. His writing has been critically acclaimed as being ＂on a level with Genet, Forster, Joyce, White, and even Faulkner.＂ ALL TOGETHER won the ＂Lambda Literary Award, for Best Gay Erotica-2011.＂ His autobiography, IT WAS TOO SOON BEFORE... won the prestigious ＂Rainbow Award as Best LGBT Biography/Memoir.＂ Dirk is retired, and now lives in Carmichael California, a bedroom community for Sacramento, with his eighth dog-child, an Aussie-Shepherd/Springer Spaniel mix, ＂Buddy III.＂ He is currently working on a stage play and TV series called ＂GONE ARE THE DAYS.＂