Author Sandy Ernest Allen, a trans man with shoulder-length blonde hair, in a jean jumpsuit, with a verdant background

I’m an author and speaker based in the Catskills. My work focuses on gender and the future of mental health.

Work

I’ve contributed to Esquire, The Cut, 99% Invisible, This American Life, and many other outlets.

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, published by Scribner, is literary nonfiction that examines our mental health care reality.