Leanne "L. A." Schwartz
Leanne "L. A." Schwartz is the autistic author of the young adult fantasies A Prayer for Vengeance and To a Darker Shore, as well as the adult romance My Kind of Trouble. She has spent about half her life at either the library or the local theater, where she has played Lady Macbeth, Lady Capulet, Clytemnestra, and Hera—perhaps one reason she writes such vengeful, murderous girls. When she’s not teaching English and poetry, she can be found baking pizzelle, directing scenes for the student Shakespeare festival, and singing along to showtunes. She lives in California with her family.