Jennifer DeLeskie (she/her) lives in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). A lawyer and member of the Barreau du Québec, she has, in past lives, worked with a collective of organic coffee farmers in Chiapas, translated and driven a bus for the Cuernavaca Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Development in Morelos, and participated in archaeological fieldwork in Nunavut, Belize, France, and on the Saugeen Peninsula.
Her writing spans literary fiction, personal essay, horror, fantasy, and science fiction, and has appeared in Prairie Fire, The Globe and Mail, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Dalhousie Review, and numerous other journals and anthologies. She is Prairie Fire’s nominee for the Journey Prize, and her work has been shortlisted for the Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Award and longlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize and the Montreal Fiction Prize.
Her debut novel, Everclear, a YA adventure set in near-future Eeyou Istchee, was published by Flame Arrow Publishing in 2026.
Jennifer is the founder and editor of Quist, the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s youth literary journal, which publishes writers aged 14–21 from across Québec. She is passionate about fostering connections between emerging and established writers in Québec and helping young writers develop their craft and find their voices.