The book was published by Lee & Low, an independent publisher known for works by unpublished authors and illustrators of color. His second book, When Aidan Became a Brother, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, is a story about a transgender boy awaiting a new sibling. His first book, A Storytelling of Ravens, was published in 2018 by House of Anansi Press and illustrated by Natalie Nelson. Lukoff was a school librarian at the Corlears School in New York City until he quit his job to write full time in 2020.
He earned his Master's degree in library science from Queens College in 2012. While at Barnard, he was a member of Columbia University's Philolexian Society. Lukoff went to Edmonds-Woodway High School then graduated from Barnard College in 2006. Much of his work centers on transgender children.
He transitioned in 2004 while an undergraduate at Barnard College, a historically women's college. He is most known for the Stonewall award-winning When Aidan Became a Brother and for Call Me Max, which gained attention when parents in Texas complained about the book being read in an elementary school classroom and a Utah school district canceled its book program after the book was read to third graders. Kyle Lukoff is a children's book author, school librarian, and former bookseller. When Aidan Became a Brother, Too Bright to See
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