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American author
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Meredith Russo, (born circa 1986/1987), is an American author from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Russo is a transgender woman, who transitioned in late 2013. Her debut novel, If I Was Your Girl, published in 2016 by Flatiron Books, won the 2017 Stonewall Book Award for the Young Adult category. If I Was Your Girl is the first widely distributed young adult book about transgender teens written by a transgender woman. It was inspired by Russo's life events. She wanted to write a book about a transgender character with a happy ending.