Sandy Ernest Allen is a freelance journalist, author, and podcast host. His work focuses on gender and on mental health from a human rights perspective. He also hosts the podcast "Mad Chat." Allen's work has appeared in Esquire, The Believer, Eater, Cosmopolitan, The Boston Globe, The Cut, Them, 99% Invisible and This American Life. His first book "A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story about Schizophrenia," was published in 2008.