Leanne McIntosh was born in Regina Saskatchewan. Her first book of poems, The Sound the Sun Makes, was published by Oolichan Books in 2003. Liminal Space is her second full length collection of poems. Leanne’s work has appeared in literary journals and chapbooks. She is a founding member of The Island Women’s Poets. She has lived in Nanaimo, BC for thirty-five years and now spends several months of the year in Montreal.

"Reading her poems, I am changed. You too will be touched if you dare to read with your heart unbuttoned."
~Jock McKeen, Co-Founder, Haven Institute