One World Café presents Leslie McMurtry

About the Author

Leslie McMurtry is from Albuquerque and received her BA from the University of New Mexico. She also holds an MA in creative writing from Swansea University. Leslie has published in several poetry collections as well as having performed in the first Poetry on Tap. She aspires to write for radio and has had excerpts of her plays performed in the UK and France. She received the Elizabeth George Foundation grant in 2009 to research the life of John Milton, and is an editor of The Terrible Zodin.

Dwarves Without Giants

Leslie loves to write historical fiction, and “Dwarves without Giants” is based on the life of Anna Swan of New Annan, Nova Scotia. The author is grateful to Jeff Harrop, Ashley Cunningham, and Shawn Wilson, authors of “Anna Swan: Nova Scotia’s Remarkable Giantess,” and The American Social History Project/Center for History and New Media, authors of The Lost Museum.