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.
I’ve missed a post or two this week, and I apologize. It’s a very busy time in the Sowul household right now, as we’re in the middle of getting our floors redone. The previous owners...Read More
Before my contrast MRI on Monday, I was taken into a little room to go over some final details with the MRI technician. She asked me a few questions, most of which I had already answered on the phone ...Read More
On Monday I had my neck MRI. It took about 40 minutes, including a brief pause in the middle so they could inject me with contrast (more on that later). All weekend, I thought about how I could occupy...Read More
If there’s one thing I know about being a cancer survivor, it’s this: you can survive cancer, but you can never really get past it. Last week I had an ultrasound of my thyroid/neck area, w...Read More
When I was around fourth grade, I discovered the Babysitters Club book series by Ann M. Martin. I loved them. For Christmas that year, my parents gave me all of the books published to that date (there...Read More
American psychology pushes us to be positive. We’re supposed to think positively, act with good intentions, and have gratitude for everything in our lives. But something that often gets missed i...Read More