Stephen Leigh

Stephen W. Leigh (born February 27, 1951) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, artist, and musician. He also works as a lecturer at Northern Kentucky University, teaching creative writing. He has published speculative fiction as Stephen Leigh, as S. L. Farrell, and once as Matthew Farrell.

Steve Leigh was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lives there. He plays guitar and sings in a band named Toast.

Leigh's novel Dark Water's Embrace won the Spectrum Award in 1999 and was on the long list for the James Tiptree Jr. Award that year. Speaking Stones also made the long list for the Tiptree Award. His first novel, Slow Fall to Dawn, was in the Top Ten for the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

As Guest of Honor at Bubonicon 43^[when?] Leigh was interviewed for MTV Geek Coverage about working on the Wild Cards series.

A special one-shot convention was held in his honor in Minneapolis, April 11–13, 2008, called Applecon. The convention listed its guests as Music Guest of Honor Stephen Leigh, Writer Guest of Honor S.L. Farrell, Artist Guest of Honor Sleigh, Fan Guest of Honor Steve.^{[citation needed]}