Leslie Simon is an LA-based makeup artist and author. Sometimes she is a poet. Most of the time she is "too much." Her favorite stories center on women who redefine feminine strength by shattering glass ceilings and smashing manmade boxes. Her poems "The Suicide of Lucretia" (2021), "The Tragedy of Paint-Bound Love" (2021), and "If I Were a Man" (2022) were published in Utah Tech's Southern Quill literary journal. She dreams of publishing a novel. One day, she will.