Author Bio
Leah Holleran writes fiction, poetry, and the occasional personal essay. She is particularly drawn toward solarpunk whimsy, shadowy sci-fi/fantasy, queer characters, and explorations of mental health. Her work has been published in online journals such as CP Quarterly, OC 87 Recovery Diaries, and Second Chance Lit, and she freelances as a blog ghostwriter. Leah also writes for the stage, and is the co-founder of traveling puppet theatre company Wandering Theatre, with her wonderful partner Aaron Roberge. She studied creative writing in college (BA in Theatre with a minor in creative writing, Muhlenberg College ’12). She continues to hone her craft with her amazing critique groups, and through online courses with Writing Day Workshops, lit agent CeCe Lyra (Learn With CeCe), and Manuscript Academy.
As a queer person (bisexual and asexual) with a history of mental illness brought up in an inter-faith household (Jewish on her mother’s side, Irish-Catholic on her father’s), Leah writes with the goal of building bridges between different worlds. She believes in the transformative power of stories, and of small every-day kindnesses.
CURRENTLY QUERYING
SPIRITS FED BY SUN AND STREAM, a solarpunk YA science fantasy
full manuscript available upon request
Journals and Anthologies
Poetry
“In Another Fantasy Outside of Time”
“Multitudes”
“A Stone’s Throw Down the Road”
Issue 12, pages 29-33
Publisher: CP Quarterly
“Schedule of Obscure Wishes”
“In the Dark”
“but what is the past, really?”
2022 Issue 1: Sense of Self, pages 40-43
Publisher: Affinity CoLab
“The Midnight Snack”
It’s Twelve O Clock Poetry Anthology (pg. 108-109)
Dreamstones of Summer Poetry Anthology (pg. 105-106)
Publisher: Wingless Dreamer
Essays
Author Interview
Fck the Canon webseries interview, discussing my personal essay published in OC87 Recovery Diaries and my YA Sci-Fi manuscript (full length novel, unpublished) dealing with themes of mental illness, grief, and suicide.
I sometimes post creative writing on social media, too!
Leah Holleran 