Simon's Revenge
Meet the Author
Leslie Simon is an Arizona based author with a passion for historic drama and a deep love of fresh narrative voices. Leslie's literary work explores themes of otherness, found-family, and elements of the supernatural and macabre. Her poetry and essays have been featured in Utah Tech's Southern Quill Literary Journal and The Medusa.
Leslie's poetry chapbook, "Wicked Women", a collection of poems told from the perspective of history's most hated women, was published by Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock, in February 2025.
Leslie previously worked as an English educator and substitute teacher and is currently working as a book reviewer for The Medusa literary journal.
When Leslie isn't writing, she can be found acting, modeling, or applying FX makeup.
About Me
I was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, in a middle-class suburban home. Growing up as one of six children - and a triplet! - reading became an escape from my loud, bustling homelife. From a very young age I was drawn to stories of monsters and outcasts. In particular stories of vampires, rebellious female pirates, and revolutionary teens. Hunger Games, Vampirates, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and The Book Thief were just a handful of the books that shaped me into the writer I am today. As a child, bedtime stories were a regular treat. Tales of buccaneer bunnies, bed-jumping monkeys, and puddle-hopping princesses were the perfect fodder for sweet dreams. When my dad wasn't reading from a page, he was telling tales of his fable-like father, his near-death run-in with an axe murderer, and his foolish childhood dog, Hans. His love of storytelling grew into my love of storytelling, and I discovered words have the power to change world or invent a new one.
Over the years, my love of storytelling evolved into a love of creating. I began telling stories in as many mediums as I could, most notably on stage, on a page, and onscreen; learning all the while, that stories are not bound to a single medium, but the breadth of an artist's imagination.
