Karleen Pendleton Jiménez

Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
Born Los Angeles, California
Occupation memoirist, academic
Nationality American-Canadian
Period 2000s-present
Notable works Are You a Boy or a Girl?, How to Get a Girl Pregnant

Karleen Pendleton Jiménez is an American-Canadian writer and academic.[1] She is best known for her 2000 book Are You a Boy or a Girl?, a 2001 Lambda Literary Award finalist which was adapted into the 2008 film Tomboy,[2] and her 2011 memoir How to Get a Girl Pregnant, a 2012 Lambda Literary Award finalist.[3]

Originally from Los Angeles, California, she is currently an associate professor in the School of Education at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.[4] In addition to her literary work, she also co-edited, with Isabel Killoran, the academic anthology Unleashing the Unpopular: Talking About Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in Education.

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Butches can have kids, too". Xtra!, November 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Marshall and Özlem Sensoy, Rethinking Popular Culture and Media. Rethinking Schools, 2011. ISBN 978-0942961485.
  3. ↑ "Toronto writers up for Lambda Literary awards". Xtra!, May 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "The disappearing Butch?" The Current, May 27, 2013.


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