Leah Jane

Esau

Leah Jane Esau is a playwright and fiction writer based in Montreal, where she graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada. Her play Disappeared won the 2012 Pam Dunn Award as well as the 2012 Tom Hendry Award. Leah holds an MA in drama from the University of Toronto and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph.

Writers & Books

Award History

2014 - Finalist

RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

for Dream Interpretation

Jury Citation

“Compressed and expansive at the same time, ‘Dream Interpretation’ is a story that will leave you both completely satisfied and wanting more. Each new revelation is surprising and disturbing, as Leah Jane Esau skilfully doles out the backstory and brings her characters to life. Nothing is what it seems, least of all dreams.” — 2014 RBC Bronwen Wallace Jury (Diane Schoemperlen, Michelle Berry, and Tanis Rideout)