Born in the early eighties in New York to an American father and Scottish mother, Jean Hannah Edelstein is a London-based journalist with a signature style that combines New York sass and British wit. She has written in print and online for the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, the Independent on Sunday, the New Statesman and the Sunday Times, on topics ranging from sex to politics to literature. A former columnist for Arena and current contributing editor of Bad Idea magazine, Edelstein has also appeared as a commentator on BBC radio and television.

Her first book, Himglish and Femalese, will be published by Preface in May 2009.

Her personal blog can be accessed here.