Shelley A. Leedahl writes poetry, short fiction, novels, children’s literature and non-fiction. Her numerous titles include Listen, Honey; Wretched Beast; Orchestra of the Lost Steps; The Bone Talker (with illustrator Bill Slavin); The House of the Easily Amused; Riding Planet Earth; Talking Down the Northern Lights, and A Few Words For January. Her work also appears in wide-ranging anthologies, including The Best Canadian Poetry in English, 2013, I Found It at the Movies: An Anthology of Film Poems, Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories, Slice Me Some Truth: An Anthology of Canadian Creative Nonfiction, Country Roads: Memoirs from Rural Canada, and Outside of Ordinary: Women’s Travel Stories. She has received Fellowships to attend artist retreats in Canada, The United States, and Europe. Aside from literary writing, she also works as a freelancer, editor, and writing instructor, and frequently presents in schools and libraries.

Leedahl was born in Kyle, Saskatchewan and has lived in numerous small Saskatchewan towns and Saskatoon, Calgary, Medicine Hat, Sechelt, and Edmonton. She now lives in Ladysmith, BC.