Juliet Jacques is a freelance writer, best known for the Guardian’s "Transgender Journey"—the first time the gender reassignment process had been serialised for a major British publication. Her column was longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2011. She was included in the Independent’s Pink List for 2012, 2013 and 2014, and is a regular contributor to the New Statesman. She has also written for Granta,TimeOut, Filmwaves, 3am, the London Review of Books, the New Humanist, theNew Inquiry, and many other publications. She lives in London.