Who Is RuPaul?

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.

About the author

Nico Medina; Illustrated by Andrew Thomson

Product details

• Authors: Nico Medina, Nico Thomson Medina, Nicolas David Medina, Andrew Thomson, Who HQ
• Assisted by: Andrew Thomson (Illustration), Thomson Andrew (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.2021
• EAN: 9780593222690
• ISBN: 978-0-593-22269-0
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 194 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 201 g
• Series: Who Was?
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Performing Arts / Television & Radio, Television & film (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / LGBTQ+