Amanda Leduc

AMANDA LEDUC is a disabled writer whose most recent novel, The Centaur’s Wife, is “an exquisite magical world, perfectly rendered, for [a] dark and wonderful story about the dream life of outsiders and the disabled” (Heather O’Neill). Her non-fiction book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space was nominated for the 2020 Governor General’s Award. Her essays and stories have appeared across Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia, and she speaks regularly across North America on accessibility and the role of disability in storytelling. Amanda has cerebral palsy and presently makes her home in Hamilton, Ontario, where she lives with a very lovable, very destructive dog and serves as the Communications and Development Coordinator for the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), Canada’s first festival for diverse authors and stories.