Sandy Allen, a white trans man in a gray flannel, standing in front of a green bush

Hello! I’m Sandy Ernest Allen.

I’m a transgender journalist and author, based in the Catskills.

My writing and speaking work tends to focus on gender and on mental health.

Essays

I’ve written for many publications, including Esquire, The Cut, and The Believer

A white logo of a toilet with the phrase ALL-GENDER RESTROOM

Audio

I’ve appeared on podcasts such as 99% Invisible and This American Life

Paperback cover for A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise, featuring a painting of a family having a picnic on a green lawn, at a sideways angle

Book

My debut book is a critically-acclaimed work of literary nonfiction called A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise, published by Scribner