Léa Taranto (she/her) is a disabled, Chinese Jewish Canadian writer who spent her childhood reading fantasy. Her adolescence was much the same, except certified in various inpatient facilities for life-threatening OCD and comorbid disorders. She writes stories where neurodivergent readers see themselves in her characters while also acknowledging mental health's intersectionalities, including race, ability, gender and sexuality. Based on lived experience, her debut novel is A Drop in the Ocean. A University of British Columbia MFA graduate and Simon Fraser University Writer’s Studio alumnus, find her beachcombing on the traditional, unceded land of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Halkomelem) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) speaking peoples in BC.
