I'm an author and professor in New York. I've published three books: one literary nonfiction book about transgender teenagers (Transparent/Harcourt/2007); one young adult novel (I Am J/Little, Brown/2011) and one short memoir (Mother, Stranger/The Atavist/2012). I've contributed to several anthologies and national magazines and radio shows, and also teach creative writing at Columbia, NYU and Bayview Women's Correctional Facility.

Mother, Stranger (The Atavist, 2012)

I Am J (Little, Brown, 2011)

Transparent: Love,Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers (Harcourt, 2007)

Anthologies:

The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to Their Younger Selves (2012)

Best Lesbian Erotica (2012)

Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia Of Sex (2008)