john r gordon (born 1964) is a white gay writer and resident of shepherds bush, london, england, whose work - novels, plays, screenplays and biography - centers black characters and explores the complex, subtle and troubling intersections of race, sexuality and class. with rikki beadle-blair he founded and runs queer-of-colour-centric indie press team angelica. although he was a "white person from a white suburb", according to gordon, in the 1980s he became deeply interested in black cultural figures such as james baldwin, malcolm x and frantz fanon, and they have influenced his work ever since.