Monica Hesse, a veteran journalist and prize-winning mystery novelist, has been named by the Washington Post as the newspaper’s first gender columnist.
Hesse, who began her career with The Post in 2007 as an intern, is "one of our most distinctive writers, she excels at everything from long-form narratives to breaking news, and is known for writing with poignancy and humor," The Post’s senior editors said.
"[She’ll bring] her signature voice to a wide-ranging column that will explore this defining social issue."
Hesse, who is married and lives in Maryland, is the best-selling author of the true-crime love story "American Fire" and the Edgar Award-winning young adult mystery novel "Girl in the Blue Coat."
The Post says the gender column will focus on "how gender intersects with sexual identity, race and class; how power relationships play out in the workplace, the home and other settings; how gender is represented in popular culture and the rest of society …
"Our goal is to publish a thoroughly reported and wide-ranging column that will explore what has emerged as one of the defining social issues of our time, here and abroad."
The Post’s move follows a smilar move last year by The New York Times, which named Jessica Bennett as its first gender editor.
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