Children’s Literature and Poetry
Leigh Therriault writes picture books, middle-grade novels, and young adult fiction. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Creative Writing Program and UC San Diego Extension’s Children’s Book Writing Program. She is a member of SCBWI, the Canadian Authors Association, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, and CANSCAIP.
Leigh’s short stories and poems have appeared in children’s magazines and literary journals. Her microfiction, “Sweeping Stardust” was included in the YA anthology PROM PERFECT (Wild Ink Publishing, 2025). Her debut novel, THE DARK SHINE is a middle grade mystery, coming Fall 2027 from Orca Book Publishers.
She has two Bengal cats who (begrudgingly) oversee her author adventures.
I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
― Edgar Allan Poe
