In 1974, Warren published her second novel, "The Front Runner". Told from the point of view of a gay track coach, the story chronicled his struggle to get a talented openly gay runner on the U.S. Olympic team, and to quash his own growing love for his protégé. The controversial book was the first contemporary gay fiction to make "The New York Times" Best Seller list. The book sold ten million copies and was translated in ten languages. Two decades later, Warren added two sequels, "Harlan's Race" (1994) and "Billy's Boy" (1996). Warren also came out as lesbian in 1974.