Novelist and poet ESH Leighton grew up on the West Coast but found her voice when she lived in Brooklyn. She has lived in seven different cities in the last dozen years, a fact she blames on her mother having played Ramblin' Man by the Allman Brothers Band too many times in her youth.

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In both what she reads as well as what she writes, she favors genre-benders: the speculative with the spooky, the fantastic with the macabre. Her prose is lyrical, and her poems tell stories.

 

Usually found with a book in hand or listening to podcasts about history or filmmaking, ESH spends most her free time not devoted to the craft watching hockey, learning Italian, and attempting to master the art of baking without gluten. ESH currently lives in Texas with her musician husband, an ever-growing pack of rescue mutts, and a single black cat.

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Her debut novel is expected September 2025. Stay tuned and sign up for her newsletter for updates.