Leanna McLennan is a writer, performer and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Literary Studies (University of Toronto) and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing (Concordia University).

Her fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction have been published in leading literary journals and anthologies, which include the Antigonish Review, Broken Pencil, Can’t Lit: Fearless Fiction, CV2, Fiddlehead, Geist, Matrix, New Limestone Review, Taddle Creek, and Third Floor Lounge: Poetry from the Banff Centre for the Arts.

She is a member of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) and an alumnus of The Second City Touring Company. She has also written for TV and is currently writing TV pilot scripts.

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I would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Access Copyright Foundation for their generous support of my writing.