Leigh Goff

About the Artist

Leigh writes young adult fiction. She is a graduate from the University of Maryland and a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). Her third young adult novel, Koush Hollow, a Southern Gothic set in New Orleans, will release in Fall 2020 from The Parliament House Press. Her second young adult novel, Bewitching Hannah, released September 17, 2017. The story is set in present-day Annapolis, Maryland, her hometown. Her debut novel, Disenchanted, was inspired by the real Wethersfield witches of seventeenth century Connecticut. The book released on June 1, 2015.

Artist's Statement

I love writing YA because the teen years are a time of taking risks, discovering the unknown, and experiencing all those heart-pounding, swoon-worthy firsts.