Leah Johnson is a writer, editor and eternal Midwesterner, currently moonlighting as a New Yorker. She is a graduate of Indiana University and Sarah Lawrence College, where she received her MFA in fiction writing, and currently teaches in their undergraduate writing program. When she's not writing, you can usually find her on Twitter, ranting about pop culture and politics. You Should See Me in a Crown is her first novel.
Genres: Young Adult Romance, Children's Fiction
Novels
You Should See Me in a Crown (2020)
Rise to the Sun (2021)
There's Always Next Year (2025) (with George M Johnson)
Rise to the Sun (2021)
There's Always Next Year (2025) (with George M Johnson)
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There's Only One Sin in Hollywood (2026)
Rasheed Newson
"A sharp, glamorous reimagining of Old Hollywood that is as much an examination of race and politics as it is sex and debauchery. There's Only One Sin in Hollywood is equal parts memorial and reclamation--a hard-earned spotlight on an oft forgotten corner of Black queer entertainment history--proving once again that Rasheed Newson writes a historical novel like none other."

Under the Neon Lights (2025)
Arriel Vinson
"A novel that pulses with love - for community, for family, for the spaces that make us - and sings with every stanza. UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS is a stunning ode to community that I already know I'll be returning to again and again."

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde (2024)
Tia Williams
"This book reads like the best kind of love song: tender, smart and undeniably sexy. Tia Williams simply doesn't miss."
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