Author Archives: leilasiddiqui

Welcome to my wishlist, Pitch Wars hopefuls! This is my first time mentoring and I’m so excited to see your submissions! Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each to spend three months revising their manuscript. It ends in February with an Agent Showcase, where agentsContinue reading “Pitchwars 2019 Wishlist”

I have a book coming out in 2021! THE DARKENED LANDS OF THE EARTH is a YA OwnVoice novel with a bit of Pan’s Labyrinth and Stranger Things. I was inspired by my own family’s history in India during WWII and Partition. Announcement below!