Mark Leslie (author) explained

Mark Leslie (born 1969) is a Canadian author of horror and speculative fiction.[1] He is the author of the short story collection One Hand Screaming (2004),[2] a collection of short stories and poetry, mostly in the horror genre, the horror novel I, Death, (2014)[3] the thriller Evasion (2014)[4] and the editor of the science fiction anthology North of Infinity II (2006)[5] and horror anthology Campus Chills (2009).[6] Leslie is also the author of Haunted Hamilton: The Ghosts of Dundurn Castle & Other Steeltown Shivers (2012), Spooky Sudbury: True Tales of the Eerie & Unexplained (2013)(co-authored with Jenny Jelen)[7] [8] [9] and Tomes of Terror: Haunted Bookstores and Libraries (2014)[10]

Leslie, whose full name is Mark Leslie Lefebvre, jokes that he decided to write under the name Mark Leslie because it would be easier for people to spell and pronounce. Because he has been known in the book industry as Mark Lefebvre (former President of the Canadian Booksellers Association[11] and Director of Self-Publishing and Author Relations for Rakuten Kobo, Inc[12]) he released both his podcast and a series of books about writing, bookselling, and publishing, under his full name.[13] [14]

In 2020, Leslie, Sean Costello and Scott Overton published Strange Sudbury Stories, an anthology of horror stories set in Sudbury.[15]

In 2021, Leslie won the 2021 Kobo Writing Life Indie Cover Contest for Fear and Longing in Los Angeles, which was designed by Juan Padron. In a 2021 interview, Leslie shared that the novel includes a special cameo appearance by Alicia Witt, whose music, empathy, and kindness to the novel's main character, Michael Andrews, helps him reach a pivotal moment in his life. Because Witt is an indie musician and owns access to most of her recorded work, she allowed Leslie use of the song lyrics in the book, as well as audio clips from her songs Already Gone, and Friend in the audiobook version of the novel.[16]

Born and raised in Onaping Falls,[17] Leslie lived in Hamilton, Ontario[18] for twenty years, then moved to Waterloo, Ontario in January 2018.[19]

Books

Fiction

Fiction Series: Canadian Werewolf[20] [21]

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction under Mark Leslie Lefebvre

Awards

Notes

  1. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Mark_Leslie Mark Leslie listing at Internet Speculative Fiction database
  2. http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/One_Hand_Screaming/0973568801/ One Hand Screaming entry at Bookfinder.com
  3. http://www.atomicfez.com/ideath I Death Catalog Listing at Atomic Fez
  4. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22560233-evasion Evasion listing at Goodreads
  5. http://www.canadiansf.com/wiki/2006_Publications Canadian SF Works, 2006 publications
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=5pPNUGJQqF4C Google Books Bibliographic Information
  7. http://www.dundurn.com/authors/mark_leslie Mark Leslie's Author Page at Dundurn
  8. http://www.dundurn.com/books/spooky_sudbury Dundurn Page for Spooky Sudbury
  9. http://www.thesudburystar.com/2013/03/23/levack-born-authors-book-digs-into-area-hauntings "Levack-born author digs into area hauntings"
  10. http://www.dundurn.com/books/tomes_terror Tomes of Terror listing in Dundurn's Catalog
  11. Web site: Culture Club: The end of bookstores? National Post. Afterword. 2011-06-02. en-CA. 2020-01-11.
  12. Web site: Kobo tells writers how to sell more e-books: Who says Amazon is the champ everywhere?. Rothman. David. 2016-03-28. TeleRead News: E-books, publishing, tech and beyond. en. 2020-01-11.
  13. Web site: Tips For Long-Term Publishing Success With Mark Leslie Lefebvre. 2018-12-23. The Creative Penn. en-US. 2020-01-11.
  14. Web site: Mark Leslie Lefebvre Finds His Voice. Talena Winters. en-US. 2020-01-11.
  15. https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/authors-team-up-for-six-spooky-sudbury-themed-stories "Authors team up for six spooky, Sudbury-themed stories"
  16. Web site: TalkCast 478 – There Wolf! (with apologies to Marty Feldman) . Sci Fi Saturday Night . 14 April 2021 . Talk Cast . 7 June 2022.
  17. http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/10/04/sudbury-authors-have-big-imaginations "Sudbury authors have big imaginations"
  18. http://www.hamiltonwriters.8m.com/hw.htm#L Hamilton Writer's Index
  19. Web site: Episode #77: Mark Leslie: Transition Time Can Be Fun. Pharant. Dana. 2017-12-19. Dana Pharant. en-US. 2020-01-11.
  20. Web site: Canadian Werewolf Series . Goodreads . 7 June 2022.
  21. Web site: Canadian Werewolf Series Page . Amazon . 7 June 2022.
  22. Web site: 2021 KWL Indie Cover Contest: And the Winner is… . Kobo Writing Life Blog . 10 January 2022 . Kobo . 7 June 2022.
  23. Web site: 2021 KWL Indie Cover Contest: And the Winner is… . Kobo Writing Life . 10 January 2022 . Kobo . 7 June 2022.
  24. Web site: Sfadb : Mark Leslie Awards. Science Fiction Awards Database. 7 August 2017.
  25. Web site: Hamilton Arts Council Blog. Hamilton Arts Council.

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