Memoirist. Feminist. Advocate.

For decades, Jacqueline St. Joan worked at the intersection of law, activism, and personal conviction. Her life has moved through courtrooms, feminist organizing, motherhood, an interracial marriage that reshaped family ties, and questions of identity, justice, and belonging.

Her memoir, Your Verdict: A Judge’s Reckoning with Law and Loss, traces those experiences with honesty and complexity, asking what it costs to live by our principles—and who ultimately renders the final verdict on a life.

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Your Verdict was featured in Literary Hub, one of the nation's leading literary publications. Read the excerpt, "Between Verdict and Voice: From Judge to Writer."

Upcoming Events for Your Verdict: A Judge’s Reckoning with Law and Loss

  • Reading with SETH Harris

    September 25
    12:00 pm

    Little Shepherd’s, 110 N. Alder St., Crestone

  • Reading with SETH Harris

    September 26
    6:00 pm

    Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative, 602 Main St. Alamosa

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  • Reading - Colorado Authors League - Funding the Barb Lundy Memorial Scholarship

    October 10
    10:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Barnes & Noble, 960 S. Colorado Blvd., Glendale

  • Denver Women's Press Club Reading

    November 12
    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    1325 Logan St., Denver - Snacks and drinks will be provided

  • Reading and Signing

    November 14
    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    Books Are Awesome Bookstore, 11211 S. Dransfeldt Rd., Unit 101, Parker

  • Reading and Signing

    November 28
    2:30 pm

    Park Hill Library, 4705 Montview Blvd., Denver

All Upcoming Events

February 1, 2027, 5:00 pm: Reading and Signing

William E. Doyle Inn of Court, University Club, Denver

March 12, 2027, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Reading and Signing

Koebel Public Library, 5955 S Holly St., Centennial

February 5, 2027, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Windsor Gardens Book Club

595 S. Clinton, Aurora

January 19, 2027, 6:30 pm: Reading with SETH Harris
Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, sponsored by the Colorado Poetry Center

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