I can be found as both @BindingTies and @LeighWStuart on Wattpad, where I've been a star since 2019. My romcom, Two Tickets to Paradise is part of the Paid program and was featured in Cosmo magazine in 2016, and two of my other romcoms, The 12 Dares of Christmas and Mischievously Mine, are published with the indie press, City Owl. In addition, I'm a former Wattpad ambassador, I have participated in or judged at least a dozen short-story contests in a variety of genres, and am one of two winners of the Wattpad Studios Pitching Contest for a dark humor pitch. Besides writing and judging, I have worked as an editor as well as a beta-reader or critique partner for other authors to help them improve the early drafts of their novels.

Since I am obsessed with natural fibers (wool, silk, cotton, alpaca, angora, etc.), I spend way too much time spinning art-yarn at my wheel, weaving on a loom or knitting, especially while watching Netflix. In 2021, I completed my Masters in English literature degree at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. My tastes in reading and writing are rather eclectic—while I am currently working on a Middle Grade adventure story set on a fantasy planet, I write horror, comedy, fantasy, sci-fi and contemporary romance stories, plus romcoms. Many of these stories are posted on Wattpad, and I love to curl up and read a chonky classic novel on a cold day.

Although born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri (in the middle of the United States), I have been living in Switzerland for over twenty years with my husband and kids. Everything amazing you have ever heard about the chocolate and cheese here is true.

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