Jacqueline St. Joan is a retired lawyer, county judge, and law professor.  Much of her legal career was dedicated to domestic violence law reform.  She was a co-founder of Project Safeguard, a domestic violence advocacy organization; she was the first presiding judge in Denver's Protective Orders Court; and she led the Battered Women's Clemency Project at University of Denver where she was director of Clinical Programs.    

Jacqueline St. Joan is an award-winning author.  She holds a Masters in English (Creative Writing) from the University of Colorado and has published a wide variety of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. She is co-editor of the anthology, Beyond Portia: Women, Law, and Literature in the United States (Northeastern UP, 1997).

My Sisters Made of Light, her first novel, was a finalist for the 2011 Colorado Book Award in Literary Fiction and was selected as a book of the month by the American Association of University Women.  For more information please visit Mysistersmadeoflight.com and jacquelinestjoan.com.

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