Karleen Pendleton Jiménez

Karleen Pendleton Jiménez is an American-Canadian writer and academic. 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'', and her 2011 memoir ''How to Get a Girl Pregnant'', a 2012 Lambda Literary Award finalist.

Originally from Los Angeles, California, she is currently a full professor in the School of Education at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. 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''. Provided by Wikipedia