Jennifer Finney Boylan is a bestselling novelist, memoirist, and cultural commentator whose work has helped shape conversations about identity, family, and what it means to live an authentic life. She is the author of nineteen books, including the groundbreaking memoir She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders, the first bestselling memoir by a transgender American, the bestselling novel Mad Honey, co-authored with Jodi Picoult, and her most recent memoir, Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us.

Boylan is the inaugural Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence and Professor of English at Barnard College of Columbia University. A longtime advocate for writers and free expression, she serves as a Trustee and President Emerita of PEN America and previously served as national co-chair of GLAAD. She has also taught at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano, Italy.

A former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, Boylan has written for The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and numerous national publications. Through her writing, teaching, and advocacy, she continues to inspire readers around the world with stories of compassion, courage, humor, and the enduring power of reinvention.

Jennifer Finney Boylan is a bestselling American author who has spent her career illuminating the complexities of identity, family, and belonging with warmth, humor, and profound humanity. From the groundbreaking memoir She’s Not There to the bestselling novel Mad Honey and her latest memoir, Cleavage, her work has made her a distinctive voice in contemporary American literature, inviting readers to consider identity, relationships, and the many ways we understand ourselves and one another.