Dr. Mary Leoson

Dr. Mary Leoson is an English Lecturer at Middle Tennessee State University and serves as Director of community-facing creative writing program MTSU Write. Her YA horror novel, The Butterfly Circle, was published by Manta Press in 2023 and her story collection, Devil's Oak: Waking the Feminine Wound, was published by MT Open Press in 2025. You can learn more at www.maryleoson.com
Dr. Mary Leoson is an English Lecturer at Middle Tennessee State University and serves as Director of community-facing creative writing program MTSU Write. Her YA horror novel, The Butterfly Circle, was published by Manta Press in 2023 and her story collection, Devil's Oak: Waking the Feminine Wound, was published by MT Open Press in 2025. You can learn more at www.maryleoson.com or www.mtsu.edu/write.
Interests
Creative writing, psychology, wellness, narrative medicine, teaching, storytelling, gardening, dogs, ghosts & wine.

