Leanna Renee Hieber

Leanna Renee Hieber is an actress, playwright, artist and the award-winning, bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction for adults and teens such as A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS, co-authored with Andrea Janes, which was a Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction. Her Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy fiction such as the Strangely Beautiful, Eterna Files, Magic Most Foul and Spectral City series, have garnered numerous awards and accolades. Leanna grew up in rural Ohio inventing ghost stories, graduating with a BFA in Theatre and a focus in the Victorian Era from Miami University. While working with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, she began adapting works of 19th Century literature for the stage. Her debut Strangely Beautiful series hit Barnes & Noble's bestseller lists, won three Prism Awards and are now available in revised editions. DARKER STILL: A Novel of Magic Most Foul, hit the Kid's/YA Indie Next List as a recommended title by the American Booksellers Association and was a Daphne du Maurier award finalist. Leanna's short fiction has been featured in numerous notable anthologies and her books have been translated into many languages. Leanna has been featured on film and television on shows like Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown discussing Victorian Spiritualism. An enthusiastic public lecturer, Leanna speaks at major conventions and notable institutions around the country about the intersections of women's history and the paranormal. She lives in New York where she leads ghost tours for Boroughs of the Dead.