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TO

BOYSTOWN

“ I THOUGHT IT WAS FINALLY TIME FOR A WELL WRITTEN
INTRIGUING DRAMA THAT HAD GAY CHARACTERS AT ITS CORE ”

-JAKE BIONDI

W

hile studying literature, Chicago native
Jake Biondi become huge fan of Charles
Dickens, whose novels were originally
released in instalments, each ending in
a cliffhanger to keep readers coming back for more.
Because of his love of those novels, as well as
television dramas such as Dynasty, Knots Landing,
Dallas and Revenge, Biondi decided to create a
serialized saga for contemporary audiences.
Thus, the BOYSTOWN series was born.

BOYSTOWN

WELCOME

Bind began BOYSTOWN in June of 2013 as
an online story and intended to release one
“episode” online per month, each ending in a
cliffhanger. The story become so popular that
people from all over the country began to email
him demanding to know what happened to their
favourite characters and wanting the episodes
to be released faster. Excited by and grateful
for his readers’ responses to BOYSTOWN,
Biondi began to write and release instalments
more quickly.
In November of 2013. Biondi moved
BOYSTOWN offline and published the first
instalments in book forms as BOYSTOWN
Season One. The book become an international hit, with fans all over the globe clamouring for
more. BOYSTOWN Season Two was published
on July of 2014, BOYSTOWN Season Three
was released on May 1, 2015, BOYSTOWN
Season Four was released on November
13, 2015, and BOYSTOWN Season Five
was released on June 1, 2016.

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Because of the popularity of the book series,
fans have suggested that BOYSTOWN be
turned into a television series. Bind recently
completed the tv scripts for the first season and
hopes to bring the series to television in the
future.