Ohio Author Profiles
Ohio has a rich literary heritage as well as some wonderful contemporary authors. Learn more about them here! You can sort by various categories and see who has participated in our annual book festival by using the category search on the left, or search by keyword (including partial author names) by using the search field on the right.
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Leanna Renee Hieber
Leanna Renee Hieber is an actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and the award-winning, bestselling author of Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy novels such as the Strangely Beautiful, Magic Most Foul, Eterna Files and The Spectral City series. Leanna’s Dead Ringer, a historical paranormal mystery podcast, is forthcoming from Realm.FM. She has expanded her Dark Nest Chronicles with Time Immemorial, a new timeslip series for Scrib’d, featuring audio editions with Leanna narrating and will continue her Spectral City series via Scrib’d with The Spirit Suitor novellas. A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts marks Leanna’s first foray into non-fiction (Kensington Books, 2022). A 4-time Prism award winner and Daphne du Maurier award finalist, Leanna’s books have been selected for national book club editions as well as translated into many languages. A licensed NYC tour guide, Hieber has been featured in film and television on shows like Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown, discussing Victorian Spiritualism and ghostly fascination. For writers’ resources, free reads and more visit: http://leannareneehieber.com