Leigh Goodison was born in Vancouver, Canada and moved to the U.S. in 1992. She is the author of The Horse Trailer Owner's Manual, and the novels Renascence, Wild Ones, The Jigsaw Man and Limboland, the first two books in the medical thriller series the St. Augustus Chronicles. Her articles, essays, short stories and poetry have appeared in publications across North America. She currently lives in Washington state.