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]
Karleen Pendleton Jiménez | |
|---|---|
| Born | 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 |
Originally from Los Angeles, California, she is currently a full 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
edit- Are You a Boy or a Girl? (2000, ISBN 1-896781-14-4)
- Unleashing the Unpopular (2009, ISBN 978-0871731715)
- How to Get a Girl Pregnant (2011, ISBN 978-1926639406)
- Tomboys and Other Gender Heroes: Confessions from the Classroom (2016, ISBN 978-1433126949)
- The Street Belongs to Us (2021, ISBN 9781551528403)
References
edit- ^ Vallejos, Jorge Antonio (November 15, 2011). "Butches can have kids, too: Toronto writer Karleen Pendleton Jiménez tells readers how in her new book". Xtra!. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016.
- ^ Elizabeth Marshall and Özlem Sensoy, Rethinking Popular Culture and Media. Rethinking Schools, 2011. ISBN 978-0942961485.
- ^ "Toronto writers up for Lambda Literary awards". Xtra!, May 10, 2012.
- ^ "The disappearing Butch?" The Current, May 27, 2013.
