Brandy Schillace is a historian, former professor and museum professional, and editor of Medical Humanities, a social-justice journal. She writes about gender, medical history, and neurodiversity for outlets including Scientific American, Wired, CrimeReads, and Undark. She lives in Ohio.
Riveting, incendiary--I couldn't pull myself away.--CN Lester, author of Trans Like Me The Intermediaries is irrefutable proof that trans people have always existed, a story of liberation in the face of oppression--and a case study in how institutionalized hatred can grow alongside queer and trans joy.--Mya Byrne, Americana singer-songwriter and trans rights advocate [The Intermediaries] is an indispensable read for historians and enthusiasts seeking to uncover the nuanced and seldom-told stories of transgender people in history.--Erin Reed, journalist and trans rights activist [The Intermediaries] is the crunchy, smart history of sexual science and liberation that we've all been waiting for.--Annalee Newitz, best-selling author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age Brandy Schillace is a first-rate medical historian with a novelist's soul. . . . The Intermediaries is a slam dunk.--Lindsey Fitzharris, author of The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine Brandy Schillace is a wise, witty, humane, and insightful guide in this fascinating and revelatory history. The Intermediaries is essential reading.--Laura Helmuth, former editor in chief of Scientific American