Additional information can be found on www.leannedyck.com
Bio
Leanne Dyck is a women’s
fiction author whose writing has appeared in the literary journals Island
Writer, Kaleidoscope and Canadian Stories. Before 2009 Leanne self-published paperbacks, ebooks and an audio book. In 2011 Decadent Publishing released
Leanne’s knitting-themed thriller The Sweater Curse as an eBook Among her many writing projects, Leanne is currently working to
transform The Sweater Curse from a novella to a novel.
Leanne is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada, the Federation of BC Writers and a member of a writing group on Mayne Island.
Leanne is active on Twitter, Google + and Facebook.
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While in elementary school
the Eriksdale School newspaper published one of my poems and the Interlake
Spectator published one of my short stories. I graduated from high school with
an award in Language Arts. I completed an eighteen-month diploma course offered
through the University of Winnipeg. Among the courses I studied at this time was
one on children’s literature. In the early 90s the Child Care Workers of
Manitoba trade newsletter published an article I penned. In the late 90s I
enrolled in Open Learning’s social worker degree program. (Open Learning offered
Simon Fraser, University of British Columbia and University of Victoria
courses.) Among the courses I studied at this time was one on Native American
literature. In the late 90s I self-published two children’s activity books. In
the 2000s I self-published two chapbooks (06-07), an audiobook (06), a
learn-to-knit pattern book (07) and a cozy mystery (09). In 2005 I contributed
to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s cookbook Flavours of
Vancouver: Dishes From Around the World. In 2006 I contributed to Judy
Brown’s Knitting Notes: A Journal of Knitting Memories. From
2003 to 2009 I contributed to the now defunct Knit Together:
the quarterly publication of Canadian Guild of Knitters. In 2008 I contributed
to A Needle Pulling Thread craft magazine. 2009 and 2010 I
contributed to Island Writer Magazine: the literary journal of
Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. In 2011 I contributed to
Kaleidoscope: exploring the experience of disability through
literature and the fine arts. In 2011 Decadent Publishing released my
knitting-themed thriller The Sweater Curse as an ebook. In 2012
I contributed to the literary journal Canadian
Stories.
