Leanna Renee Hieber

Author, actress and playwright, Leanna received a BFA in Theatre, a focus in the Victorian Era and a scholarship to study in London. She adapted 19th Century literature for the stage and her one-act plays have been produced around the country. She is a 4 time Prism Award winner for excellence in Futuristic, Fantasy, or Paranormal Romance. Her debut novel, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, first in the "Strangely Beautiful" saga of Gothic Victorian Fantasy novels (Barnes & Noble Bestseller) won two 2010 Prism Awards (Best Fantasy, Best First Book) and is currently in development as a musical theatre production. This currently out-of-print series will reissue in new, revised editions from Tor/Forge. DARKER STILL: A Novel of Magic Most Foul was named an Indie Next title by the American Book Association and a Scholastic book fairs "Highly Recommended" title. All books in the Magic Most Foul trilogy are now available. Her next Gaslamp Fantasy saga for Tor/Forge, THE ETERNA FILES, releases 2/3/15. Her short fiction has been included in anthologies such as WILLFUL IMPROPRIETY, in QUEEN VICTORIA'S BOOK OF SPELLS (Tor), a Kirkus best book of 2013, and the forthcoming MAMMOTH BOOK OF GASLAMP ROMANCE. All her Victorian-set series feature crossover characters. A member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers, she is a proud co-founder of Lady Jane's Salon Reading Series in New York City. A member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA, Leanna works often in film and television on shows like Boardwalk Empire. When not on deadline or on set, she loves a good Goth club, wandering graveyards and working as a ghost tour guide for Boroughs of the Dead tour company. She resides in NYC with her husband and their beloved rescued lab rabbit.