Gateway Essentials: Leigh Kennedy

Leigh Kennedy was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1951. After gaining her degree in history, she lived in Austin, Texas, for five years, before emigrating to England in 1985. She has been writing constantly from her early years and has been short-listed for both the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards. Faces, a short story collection, appeared in 1986, followed by two novels, The Journal of Nicholas the American (1986) and Saint Hiroshima (1990).

We recommend starting with the Nebula Award-nominated The Journal of Nicholas the American:

You can find Leigh Kennedy’s work via her Author page on the Gateway website and read about her in her entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.