About

Lesley Krueger is a Canadian novelist, essayist and short story writer.

Her latest novel, Far Creek Road, follows a nine-year-old girl named Tink in the year leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sheila Murray, author of Finding Edward, calls it “masterful.”

Lesley’s previous novel, Time Squared, was published in the fall of 2021, and named one of the year’s most notable books. Her historical novel, Mad Richard, came out in 2017. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls Mad Richard “a remarkable piece of historical fiction” and “a terrific read.” The Globe & Mail says it is “alive with wit and rebellion.”

All three books are available from her publisher, ECW Press, in bookstores, and at online retailers.

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.

Lesley’s journalism has appeared in The Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, Maclean’s, Chatelaine, The Vancouver Sun, Today’s Parent and many other news outlets. She has taught creative writing at Toronto Metropolitan University and screenwriting at the Canadian Film Centre, and worked in human rights as a long-time board member with PEN Canada.

Lesley publishes a Substack newsletter, Alive to the World. The biweekly posts focus on how she likes to eavesdrop on conversations, visit out-of-the-way places, look for weirdness and find books to review. As she writes, “It’s all research for my novels. Or being nosy. Your choice.”

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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. She has also lived in London, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has travelled widely for her work in both journalism and human rights, spending time in every continent except Africa and Antarctica.

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.

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Author photo by Nika Belianina, owner and photographer at Curious Captures Fine Art Photo Studio in Toronto. Contact Nika here.