In 2013, she published her second novel Golden Boy, about an intersex teenager. It has since been published in Chinese,不能說的病歷書 / Bu neng shuo de bing li shu, WorldCat, 2013 SpanishEl chico de oro, WorldCat, 2013 and Portuguese.Menino De Ouro, Livraria da Folha, 2013 It won a 2014 Alex Awards from the American Library Association, was one of School Library Journal's best books of 2013, and was shortlisted for the 2014 LAMBDA Award for Best Debut LGBT Fiction. The book has been well received by readers and the film rights are also in discussion.Meet Max, 16, a Golden Boy and intersex, GayStarNews, 31 May 2013Clare Calvet's Book of the Week: Golden Boy - Nightlife - (ABC), Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 19 June 2013.Three Reasons This Intersex Lesbian Loved Abigail Tarttelin’s "Golden Boy", Hida Viloria at Autostraddle, 6 August 2013.They asked me to name my price: how Abigail Tarttelin went from waitress to hot young author with a £100,000 advance, Evening Standard, 23 May 2013.Interview with Abigail Tarttelin, Mandy Huckins at The Washington Independent Review of Books, 16 May 2013.
