Jonathan Parks-Ramage is a Los Angeles based novelist, playwright, screenwriter and journalist. His critically acclaimed debut novel YES, DADDY (HarperCollins) was named one of the best queer books of 2021 by Entertainment Weekly, NBC News, The Advocate, Lambda Literary, Bustle, Goodreads and more. YES, DADDY was also optioned for television by Amazon Studios. His second novel, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD (Norton), will be released in the summer of 2025.

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He is Co-Creator of THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE, an original musical, starring Marla Mindelle and premiering at the Orpheum Theater in New York City on October 1st, 2024. The show is produced by LuckyChap, Margot Robbie's production company, and multiple-Tony-winning Broadway producers Sue Wagner and John Johnson. Tickets now on sale.

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His writing has been widely published in such outlets as VICE, Slate, OUT Magazine, W Magazine, Electric Literature, Atlas Obscura, Literary Hub, and Elle. He is also an alumnus of the 2018 and 2019 Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences. 

 

Jonathan has sold feature film and television projects to Amazon Studios, Paramount Pictures, ABC and Pop TV.