A multi-instrumentalist, performance artist, educator, programmer, and author, Sandy Stone's lived a full enough life to fill several books. With a list of credits that includes Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, Crosby & Stills, Mississippi John Hurt, Marty Balin, and The Byrds, Sandy's portfolio is that of an engineering titan. Becoming the house engineer for Olivia Records in 1974 should be an achievement in itself, yet her name is rarely invoked alongside those of her recording peers. Her obscurity is partially because her later, and very important, work in academia eclipses that of her earlier career. Sandy is transgender, and noted as a founder of the academic discipline of transgender studies. She began her career in the early '50s, scoring and engineering movie soundtracks while still in high school.

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