Rachel Davidson Leigh

press release: A Room of One's Own is delighted to welcome Rachel Davidson Leigh for a book release party in celebration of the release of her new LGBT young adult novel Hold!

Rachel Davidson Leigh is a teacher, a writer, and an avid fan of young adult LGBTQ fiction. Her hobbies include overanalyzing television shows and playing Yenta with book recommendations. Currently, she lives in Wisconsin with her family and two deeply neurotic little dogs. Hold is her debut novel. Her short story "Beautiful Monsters" was also featured in Summer Love, a short story anthology published by Duet Books, the young adult imprint of Interlude Press. Get to know Rachel at racheldavidsonleigh.com and on Twitter@RDavidsonLeigh.

About Hold: Luke Aday knew that his sister's death was imminent--she had been under hospice care for months--but that didn't make her death any easier on him or their family. He returns to school after the funeral to a changed world; his best friends welcome him back with open arms. Still, it isn't the same. When a charismatic new student, Eddie Sankawulo, tries to welcome Luke to his own school, something life-changing happens: In a moment of frustration, Luke runs into an empty classroom, hurls his backpack against the wall--and the backpack never lands. Luke Aday has just discovered that he can stop time.