Leanne Lieber­man is the author of five young adult nov­els, includ­ing The Most Dan­ger­ous Thing, Grav­i­ty (Syd­ney Tay­lor Notable), The Book of Trees and Lau­ren Yanof­sky Hates the Holo­caust (Syd­ney Tay­lor Notable and Bank Street Best Book). Her adult fic­tion has been pub­lished in New Quar­ter­ly, Des­cant, Fire­weed, the Antigo­nish Review and Grain. She’s a school­teacher in Kingston, Ontario.