Author Kathy-Diane Leveille
"LET THE SHADOWS FALL BEHIND YOU is a haunting story of disappearance and loss and, ultimately, of redemption. Weaving together a world of family loyalties and family lies, of broken bonds and of those that endure, it combines the nuance of poetry with all the suspense of a thriller."
-Nino Ricci, Governor General Award Winner, Author of The Origin of Species
“It's often said, but not usually with such eloquence, that the only one you can't outrun is you. Kathy-Diane Leveille writes with passion and assurance of a woman who risks sacrificing far too much to try to erase the things she knows are true." -Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
Kathy-Diane Leveille is a former broadcast journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation who discovered the only thing more thrilling than reading a great novel is trying to write one. Kathy-Diane’s prose has been published in a number of literary journals including Grain, Room of One's Own, The
Her literary mainstream novel Let the Shadows Fall Behind You was published by Kunati Books. Kathy-Diane’s short story collection Roads Unravelling was published to critical acclaim after a selection from its pages Learning to Spin was adapted to radio drama for CBC’s Summer Drama Festival. The tale Showdown at the Four Corner’s Corral was revised for the stage and performed by New City Theater in
She is a member of the Writers Union of Canada, the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia and the Writers Federation of New Brunswick.
Kathy-Diane’s fiction won the Short Grain Contest (dramatic monologue) and was listed as a finalist in the Writers' Union of Canada Short Fiction Contest. Her poetry received Honorable Mention in the Stephen Leacock International Poetry Competition. The commentary I Know What You Didn't Do Last Summer aired on CBC’s national morning show with Shelagh Rogers.
Kathy-Diane has volunteered as a tutor for READ Saint John, Adult Literacy Programs; taught creative writing to young offenders at the
When she isn’t writing, Kathy-Diane spends her time daydreaming in the garden and watching the birds on the east coast where she lives with her husband and two sons.
