Sandy Ernest Allen is a writer and speaker whose work tends to focus on gender and on mental health. Sandy has contributed to Esquire, The Believer, The Cut, The Paris Review, 99% Invisible and This American Life, amongst others. His debut book is an innovative work of nonfiction called A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story about Schizophrenia (Scribner). The book received critical acclaim, including being nominated as a top work of the decade by NYU’s journalism school. Sandy’s work has been praised by many, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, O Magazine, The New Republic, and The Psychiatric Times. He is a graduate of Brown and has an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Iowa. He is trans and queer and lives in the Catskills.