Leah McLaren

Leah McLaren is an internationally-renowned author and journalist. Her two novels, The Continuity Girl (2007) and A Better Man (2015) have been published in half a dozen countries and translated into several languages. 

Leah began her career as a columnist and feature writer for the Globe and Mail, where she spent a decade on staff and was posted to the London bureau. She then spent several years as the London-based Europe correspondent for Maclean’s. Her narrative non-fiction, essays, and commentary have been published in outlets including the Observer Magazine, the Guardian, the Spectator, the Sunday Times Style Magazine, Maclean’s, and elsewhere. She’s been nominated for multiple National Newspaper Awards and National Magazine Awards and won gold medals in the long features category. Her work has been adapted to film, television, and radio.

Leah was born and raised in Toronto and rural Ontario. Today she lives in North West London with her husband, two boys, and Thomas Cromwell, a ruthless tabby ratter.