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 award-winning, nationally bestselling author of 16 novels and non-fiction books for Tor and Kensington Books such as the Strangely Beautiful, Eterna Files and Spectral City series. Her non-fiction book co-authored with Andrea Janes, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts, which examines the intersection of women’s history and ghost stories, has been noted for “Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction” on the preliminary ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards. Leanna’s Strangely Beautiful series became a 3-time Prism Award winner and Darker Still was a Daphne du Maurier award finalist. A licensed NYC tour guide working for Boroughs of the Dead, Leanna has been featured on TV shows like Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown discussing Victorian Spiritualism. She gives lectures and theatrical presentations around the country at prestigious institutions such as New York University, Miami University, Morbid Anatomy and more, focusing on paranormal themes and 19th century women’s history. https://leannareneehieber.com