About

Leslie Anne Mcilroy is the author of three books of poetry and one chapbook. Currently, she works as Senior Copywriter for Libsyn in Pittsburgh, PA.

Leslie is an LGBTQ ally and advocate as well as a defender of animal rights, working to become a licensed wildlife Capture & Transport resource.

Her writing appears in The Adirondack Review, Grist, Jubilat, The Mississippi Review, PANK, Pearl, Poetry Magazine, the New Ohio Review, The Texas Review and more.

Her latest book The Red Door: An Historical Memoir of The Squirrel Hill Cafe was published in November 2020 by Main Street Rag. See her full professional résumé here.

Leslie Anne Mcilroy is a prize-winning poet, copywriter, and author from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where she lives with her son Silas. Her accolades include the 1997 Slipstream Poetry Chapbook Prize for Gravel, the 2001 Word Press Poetry Prize for her full-length collection Rare Space and the 1997 Chicago Literary Awards. Her third book Slag by Main Street Rag Publishing Company was runner-up to their 2014 Poetry Book Prize. She won the 2018 Gemini Flash Fiction contest for her piece, “The Old Point.” Leslie also was co-founder of HEArt — Human Equity through Art.