Leah Cypess | |
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| Born | (1977-07-05)July 5, 1977 (age 47) USA |
| Pen name | Leah Sokol |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | speculative fiction |
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Leah Cypess is an American author of fantasy and science fiction, active in the field since 1995. Some of her earliest published stories were published under her maiden name,Leah Suslovich.[1] She also writes Judaica under the pen nameLeah Sokol.[2]
Cypess majored in biology atBrooklyn College and then studied law atColumbia Law School. She practiced law for close to two years atDebevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City. She currently lives inSilver Spring, Maryland with her husband and four children.[3]
Cypess wrote her first story in first grade; she sold her first professional story ("Temple of Stone") while still in high school. Continuing to write in her spare time, she sold her first novel fifteen years later.[3] Her "Nanny's Day" was nominated for the 2013Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[1][3] "On the Ship" placed third in the 2018 Asimov's Readers' Poll for Best Short Story.[1]
Her work has appeared in various periodicals, webzines and podcasts, includingAnalog Science Fiction & Fact,Asimov's Science Fiction,Cast of Wonders,Daily SF,Galaxy's Edge,Helix SF,Kaleria,The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine,Odyssey,Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show,Persistent Visions,StarShipSofa, andStrange Horizons, and the anthologiesThe Mythic Dream,Sword and Sorceress XXIII,Timeshift: Tales of Time,Unidentified Funny Objects,Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013, andYear's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2015.[4][1]