Schneider, the show’s most successful transgender contestant ever, discusses her new memoir, “In the Form of a Question.”
factors into the book in a variety of ways, the game show never dominates the proceedings. In fact, Schneider spends the bulk of the book exploring her gender transition, her upbringing in Ohio and even her musings on pop culture.“I love trivia, but it’s not the thing I’m most interested in or passionate about,” Schneider explained. “It’s just the thing I got famous for.”
That being said: When I was pitching this book, I said my goal was hopefully in, like, five years, I can describe myself as a writer and not feel embarrassed about it, and that couldbe what I do. And that remains the case — even more so. I found it very rewarding, and despite the fact I can see all the flaws in my book and things I’m disappointed with, I’m proud of it and I feel like I showed I do have some skill and things to say.
At the same time, the most gratifying part of all of this has been knowing that I have made some kind of difference — in parts of the country that, honestly, I’m afraid to go to.In the introduction, you say that you hope one day to disagree with or even disavow some of the statements in your book. Is keeping an open mind something you want readers to take away from this?In the original conception of this book, that was an even bigger part of it.
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