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 (Bloomsbury), will be released in the summer of 2025, and is now available for pre-order.

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He is Co-Creator of THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE, an Off-Broadway musical. The critically acclaimed show has been hailed as "deliciously hilarious" (Vulture / New York Mag), "a cult classic" (DC Theater Arts), "a Golden-Age fantasia on steroids" (New York Times), "a love letter to musical comedy" (Time Out New York - 4 stars), "undeniably showstopping" (New York Theater Guide), "profoundly, gloriously stupid" (The Daily Beast), "delightfully dirty" (The Wrap), and "laugh-out-loud-funny"(Theaterly). The show is produced by LuckyChap, Margot Robbie's production company, and multiple-Tony-winning Broadway producers Sue Wagner and John Johnson.

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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.