Jacqueline St. Joan is a former Denver County judge whose life story spans the civil rights movement, second-wave feminism, and the modern courtroom. In 1967, she married inter-racially in Virginia, an act that led to estrangement from her family and a life shaped by social change, single motherhood, and feminist activism. Years later, her unconventional past resurfaced when she became a judge and some of her rulings provoked public controversy. St. Joan is the author of two novels, a collection of short fiction, and a poetry collection. Her memoir, Your Verdict: A Judge's Reckoning with Law and Loss, explores the collision between private life and public authority. She lives and writes in Colorado.