About Lang Leav
Lang Leav is an Australian poet and novelist. Her work swings between the whimsical and woeful, expressing a complexity beneath its childlike facade. Lang is a recipient of the Qantas Spirit of Youth Award and a prestigious Churchill Fellowship. Her artwork is exhibited internationally, and she was selected to take part in the landmark Playboy Redux show curated by the Andy Warhol Museum. While Leav is known for being a writer, she initially established a cult fashion label Akina which earned her a Qantas Spirit of Youth Award. In 2012, Leav began posting her poetry on Tumblr, and her work amassed a large following. In 2013, she self-published her first collection of poetry and prose titled Love and Misadventure. The book was a surprise hit and caught the attention of literary agents in New York. Leav signed with New York Agency Writers House, before she was offered a publishing deal with Andrews McMeel. The bestselling book ranked top on Amazon. Leav released Lullabies the following year, which won the Goodreads Choice Award for Poetry. Newsweek credits Leav for popularizing poetry.Leav subsequently published another five poetry titles: Memories (2015) The Universe of Us, (2017) Sea of Strangers (2018) and Love Looks Pretty on You (2018), all of which were nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Poetry have been international bestsellers. Her debut YA novel Sad Girls reached #1 on the Straits Times Bestseller chart for fiction and drew mixed reviews. Bustle wrote, "Sad Girls will have you reaching for the tissues; this YA debut is incredibly powerful." The New Straits Times and The Star (Malaysia) criticized the novel for its lack of depth and character development.
Leav's second YA novel, Poemsia, was also a Straits Times Bestseller and drew mainly positive reviews, with Marie Claire stating: 'Leav writes masterfully from the perspective of her protagonist, an aspiring poet, and gives readers a backstage glimpse into the new-wave poetry movement.' She currently lives with her partner and collaborator, Michael, in a little house by the sea.
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