J.G. MacLeod is an award-winning, Canadian author who earned a university degree in Honors English and history with a focus on 19th-century British studies. Her novel, Lady Ellen, which is set in Ireland in the 1840s, won the 2018 Breakthrough Novel Award for Historical Fiction and a Readers' Favorite Book Award (Honorable Mention, 2019). The Future Bride & The Past Love were both named 'Finalist' in the Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards for 'Romance' (2020 & 2021). J.G. MacLeod also possesses a university degree in Education with nineteen years teaching experience, including creative writing, English literature, literary theory, and psychology. Her novel Abalone won the 2018 Online Book Club Book of the Year Award for 'Other Fiction', & is a gritty, psychological novel for readers who loved Gone Girl, Safe Haven, & The Lucky One. Ms. MacLeod has been writing extensively for years, everything from essays, to short fiction, poetry, novels, and biographies. She is a proud supporter of the online Writing Community. Ms. MacLeod has three young children of her own and resides in southwestern Ontario where she enjoys cottage country, hiking, and photography.