Sue MacLeod

Welcome to my site.

I live and write in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia, and have published three books of poems and one Young Adult novel.

I was Halifax’s first poet laureate from 2001 to 2005. Next, in Toronto and Montreal, I worked as a freelance editor and led writing workshops at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Quebec Writers’ Federation. The pandemic brought me home to Nova Scotia, along with my rescue schnoodle, Chloé.

Since 2022 I’ve been studying the enchanting world of picture books and the exacting craft of writing them. I’ve completed several manuscripts, on subjects from dogs (thank you, Chloé!) to fractured fairy tales.

In 2024, I was accepted as a picture book mentee at Whale Rock Workshops, received an arts grant to write a picture book trilogy about lighthouse children, and placed as a finalist in a US-based contest, PBParty. This year I signed with an agent, Abigail Samoun of Red Fox Literary. My first picture book (soon to be announced) will be published in fall 2027. I can’t wait to see the magic an illustrator will bring!