Learn how this Emmy-winning host, producer, and television personality became the world's most famous drag queen.
RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned fifteen, he began studying theater in a performing arts school in Atlanta and never looked back. Ru developed his drag-queen personality and launched his career in the 1980s. He now hosts and judges the widely popular and long-running show RuPaul's Drag Race, which has raised the profile of the art of drag, and drag queens around the world.
| ISBN: | 9780593222706 |
| Publication date: | 11th May 2021 |
| Author: | Nico Medina |
| Illustrator: | Andrew Thomson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Workshop an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Who Was? |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography Drama / Performing Arts Children’s / Teenage general interest: Television, video and film Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+ |