Ema O’Connor is a writer, journalist, organizer, and born, raised, and prodigal New Yorker. She is the author of a forthcoming book of hybrid memoir-reportage about her decade reporting on the destruction of reproductive rights in the US, and her years embedded with the people providing community health care where the government and medical systems have failed; to be published by Crooked Media Reads, an imprint of Zando / Tin House. Ema has published 696 articles and essays on LGBTQ+ issues, immigration, and reproductive justice. Ema’s reporting has forced CEOs to resign, triggered multiple federal investigations, and inspired proposed federal legislation.

