About

Lesley Krueger is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter.

Her latest novel, Far Creek Road, was published in October, 2023. Sheila Murray, author of Finding Edward, calls it “masterful.” According to a starred review in the Miramichi Reader, “Far Creek Road is a wonderfully written novel, with full and rich characters (and) a delightful narrator. I was sucked into this novel right away.”

Lesley’s previous novel, Time Squared, was released in the fall of 2021 and named one of the year’s most notable books by the 49th Shelf. Time Squared  is available from ECW Press in Canada and the U.S., and online around the world as a paperback, e-book and audiobook.

ECW also published Lesley’s previous novel, Mad Richard, in 2017. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls it “a remarkable piece of historical fiction” and “a terrific read.” The Globe & Mail says it is “alive with wit and rebellion.”

Lesley Krueger is the author of seven other books, including three previous novels, two short story collections, a travel memoir and a children’s book. She also wrote the short biography of a baseball-playing member of the family who’s in the record books for winning one game as a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. You can read about Harry in Contender: Triumph, Tragedy and Canadian Baseball Player Harry Fisher.

As a filmmaker, Lesley has worked as a screenwriter, script doctor, story editor and co-producer. As a teacher, she was the Writer Mentor at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto for more than a decade. She previously taught creative writing at the former Ryerson, now Toronto Metropolitan University.

Her writing has appeared in The Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, Maclean’s, Chatelaine, Today’s Parent and many other news outlets. She has recently launched a newsletter on Substack for her non-fiction work. You can subscribe for free here.

For six years, Lesley and her family lived in Latin America, spending three years in Mexico City and three in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when her husband, Paul Knox, was a correspondent for the Globe and Mail. During her time in Latin America, Lesley became fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. She has also lived in London, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lesley was born in Vancouver and grew up on the city’s North Shore, where Far Creek Road is set. She now lives in Toronto with her husband and an ancient cat named Archie (17).

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