Author Leanne Dyck

My writing has appeared in Island Writer, Kaleidoscope and Canadian Stories literary journals. From 2006 to 2009 I self-published paperbacks, ebooks and an audio book. From 2005 to present my writing has been traditionally published in newspapers, magazines and as an ebook. In 2011 Decadent Publishing released my knitting-themed dark thriller The Sweater Curse as an ebook. I've recently finished and am submitting, to publishing houses and literary agents, four book-length manuscripts including The Sweater Curse: a novel. Follow my author journey by visiting my blog http://sweatercursed.blogspot.com

I enjoy doing author readings--on stage, over the radio, on podcasts and on YouTube.

My twitter account (lustful graces) has over 1,000 followers (since August, 2010)).

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Aspiring knitwear designer Gwen Bjarnson is stuck in Purgatory. To escape, she must re-examine her life, journey through her past and right a wrong. But which wrong?

Young and in love, she works to establish her career, except fate has different plans. One rash act and she loses everything. Never resting, always seeking, and yearning for what she can no longer have, Gwen faces the truth: if she remains, others are destined to die.

'Leanne Dyck has crafted a tale of exotic and existential as Danish author Isak Dinesen's'

Work In Progress

A Long Way From Her

(novel)

(approximately 55,000 words)

The year is 1983. Nineteen-year-old Lyndi Wimpel has graduated from high school. It's time for her to leave home but her mom doesn't want her to go and Lyndi doesn't think she can because she's dyslexic. When her dad demands that she get a job, Lyndi joins a youth group. Despite her parents' protests, Lyndi sets out on her adventure. The places she visits, the people she meets and the experiences she has shape and transforms her. And Lyndi learns that she's capable of more than she--or her parents--ever dreamed.

Based on a true story. The plot is loosely hung on real life events. All characters are fictional.

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The Sweater Curse: a novel

(knitting-themed dark thriller)

(approximately 65,000 words)

Part I

Aspiring knitwear designer Gwen Bjarnson is stuck in Purgatory. To escape, she must re-examine her life, journey through her past and right a wrong. But which wrong?

Part II

Knitter Aster Walburn is stuck in a living Purgatory. Only one question haunts her--why did her husband leave? To find the answer, she must examine her married life and journey through her past.

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Something Good to Eat

(picture book)

(approximately 1,000 words)

Inspired by Icelandic folklore, this story reveals how Lilja Hoffman transforms from a bitter, old hag to a gentle, elderly woman.

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Her, She, I

(short story collection)

(approximately 40,000 words)

A collection of women's fiction. All stories have an air of mystery.

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