Norah Vincent is a freelance journalist.

In 2003 she took a leave from writing her nationally syndicated political opinion columns in order to write her New York Times bestselling book Self-Made Man, the story of a woman living, working and dating in drag as a man.

While syndicated, Vincent was a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times op-ed page and wrote a quarterly politics and culture column for the national gay and lesbian newsmagazine The Advocate.

Ms. Vincent wrote the "Higher Ed" column for The Village Voice from 1999-2001, and wrote a biweekly column for Salon.com in 2001. Her essays, columns and reviews have also appeared in The New Republic, The New York Times, The New York Post, The Washington Post and many more regional newspapers around the country.

Voluntary Madness is her second book.

She holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Williams College. She resides in New York City.