It has always felt fitting to me that the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention is held on the week before Thanksgiving. There’s no conference out there that makes authors feel so unbelievably grateful for the educators … Continue reading
(stolen shamelessly from my Facebook page): One year ago, I wan’t sure I would ever publish another book. My medical practice was (and remains) one of the busiest and most thinly stretched in my county, and I had a proposal … Continue reading
I’ve been working on intersex activism for about five years now, and it’s been one of the most rewarding turns in my career. I’ve met amazing intersex adults, even more incredible intersex children, and listened to medical horror stories that … Continue reading
Hey, look at Teen Vogue, doing amazing work again: I’m so delighted to support my intersex peeps by talking about why doctors need to rethink intersex surgeries performed on children before they can rightfully give consent. Here’s another Op-Ed I … Continue reading
I’m very proud to have written about intersex in this Newsweek op-ed. More info on the story behind the story coming soon…
I’ll be honest: When I first went out to agents with None of the Above, part of me worried that traditional publishing wouldn’t touch a project with an intersex main character. For one, it was impossible to write about intersex … Continue reading
I am over the moon excited to share with you the cover for the None of the Above paperback (coming to stores near you on April 4th!), with its shiny new blurb from Stephen Chbosky, author of the bestselling Perks of … Continue reading
Today is Intersex Awareness Day, which means it’s our annual chance to shine a spotlight on one of medicine’s most profound failures: it’s treatment of people born with biological differences in sex development, also known as intersex. The Hippocratic Oath that all physicians take exhorts us … Continue reading
I’ll be out and about this summer, starting next week when I’m in NYC for the Lambda Literary Awards. Hope to see some of you soon IRL! June 6th, 1pm – New York, NY: NYU Constantine Georgiou Library (239 Greene Street, … Continue reading
I can barely believe that I’m typing these words, but last week Deadline broke the news that I have been sitting on since last November: None of the Above has been optioned for a TV series by Lifetime, with an absolute dream team writing … Continue reading
