Juliet Jacques

Juliet Jacques (born 3 October 1981) is a British journalist, critic and writer of short fiction, known for her work on the transgender experience, including her transition as a trans woman.^[1]

Education

Jacques was born in Redhill, Surrey and grew up in Horley. She attended Reigate Grammar School for two years before her parents moved her to a local comprehensive school,^[2] followed by the College of Richard Collyer in Horsham, West Sussex, studying History at the University of Manchester and then Literature and Film at the University of Sussex.

Writing

In 2007, she published a book on English avant-garde author Rayner Heppenstall for Dalkey Archive Press, and her memoir, entitled Trans, will appear on Verso Books in 2015. She has written regular columns for The Guardian,^[3] on gender identity and the New Statesman,^[4] on literature, film, art and football, and published extensively on film in Filmwaves, Vertigo and Cineaste. She began writing a chronicle of her gender reassignment in 2010, which was widely praised. She contributed a section in Sheila Heti's book, "Women in Clothes" which was published in 2014.

Awards

She was longlisted for The Orwell Prize in 2011 for her series on gender reassignment.^[5] In 2012 she was selected as one of The Independent on Sunday Pink List’s most influential journalists,^[6] and was also included in the 2013 list.^[7]

Personal life

Jacques is also an enthusiastic footballer, and won the Shield with the Brighton Bandits at the 2008 IGLFA World Cup.^[8]

For several years Jacques worked for the NHS, during the period Andrew Lansley's reform were implemented. She was made redundant in 2014. She wrote about this period of the NHS in a personal essay for the New Statesman.^[9]

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