Leslie René (she/her) is a Virginia-based writer and editor. During the day, she is a health and science editor. At night, she writes fantasy novels with a bit of romance and romance novels with a generous helping of magic. She has a lifelong love of languages and is an experienced translation editor (English to Spanish) and translator (Spanish to English).

Leslie loves to get lost in a good book, go to concerts, and stitch yarn and thread into something pretty. Her happy place is playing in the garden with her family.