Leanne Sowul is a writer of novels, short stories, magazine articles, and children's books. Her short story, "Amish Girl," was published in the Spring 2014 issue of Confrontation literary journal. She has also recently written articles for Hudson Valley Parent magazine, and guest posts for American Scar Stories and Words of Wisdom from the Female Yoda.
Leanne is currently seeking agents to represent her powerful 88,000-word, multiple-perspective historical fiction novel, Triangle Fire, about the events surrounding New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911 and the preceding Shirtwaist Strike of 20,000 in 1909.
Along with her children's book writing partner, Cristen Dimas, Leanne is also seeking publishers for their unique series on the ups and downs of learning musical instruments, the "Miss Mulberry Music" books.
Other projects-in-progress include a nonfiction book about living life with a cancer survivor's perspective; a YA novel about a group of friends who decide that they can "raise themselves" by following the principles of a popular children's book; and varied short stories.
Leanne lives in the Hudson Valley area of New York with her husband and two-year-old son. In addition to being a writer (or perhaps vice versa), she is an elementary band teacher and flutist.
She is proud to be a survivor of childhood cancer.
We are trying to teach our daughter to eat solid food. Many babies start naturally reaching for their parents’ food when they are ready, but neither of our children ever did. It was a long, pain...Read More
Yesterday, my first day of the spring quarter, went great. I met all of my exercise and writing goals with time to spare. I even had a little extra energy left to organize a drawer in my daughter̵...Read More
It’s April 2. It’s Monday. It’s the day after a holiday and vacation from school, and it’s the start of the second quarter of the year. Today is the ultimate day for a fresh st...Read More
March is a busy month for music teachers. My husband, who is the sole band director in his high school, has had several big commitments: production week for the school musical; the musical weekend its...Read More
Yesterday I played my flute, which is not something I do very often in a non-teaching environment. I used to have major skills; I don’t anymore. It can be depressing to try and play a piece that...Read More
Whenever life throws me curveballs, I picture myself slipping down a few rungs on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Usually, I’m able to balance up near the top, my family’s basic needs m...Read More