ABOUT ANNE

BIO

I grew up in Illinois and Western Pennsylvania. I graduated with a BA from St. John’s College and went on to get my MFA at the University of Pittsburgh. After this came a Ph.D. in English from Kent State University, and then a dry spell with no school for about six years before I started …

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CONTACT

HOW TO REACH ME email: anne@anneleonardbooks.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/anneleonardbooks Twitter: @anneleonardauth I am represented by: Bridget Smith JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. 49 W 45th St., #12N New York, NY 10036-4603 917.388.3010 bridget [at] awfulagent [dot] com Goodreads Author Page Amazon Author Page  

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FAQs

FAQs Moth and Spark is your debut novel. Why did you set out to write a fantasy in your first go around? Are there particular aspects to the genre that you find inherently fascinating? Moth and Spark is my debut, but not my first book – there’s a large manuscript stack of others. I’ve always …

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GUEST POSTS

Here are links to some of the guest posts I’ve done. I’m not including everything, because there’s a lot of cross-over and repetition between posts. Cat Rambo’s blog “The World Remains Mysterious,” April 20, 2015: Writing “Strong Female Characters” in a Patriarchal Secondary World Fantasy io9, December 30, 2014: “Why the Best Fantasy Stories Include …

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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS: Sword and Laser (video) The Other Side of the Story (podcast) The Liz Saint John Show on Alice 97.3 (KLLC San Francisco) (radio)   Q AND A’s: Lace and Blade 5 Author Interviews Bibliosanctum Book Flame Hook of a Book Lytherus Manga Maniac Café Not Yet Read The Qwillery The Saucy Wenches Book Club …

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