Leah Redmond Chang’s writing focuses on women and power. She was trained as a literature scholar, and her books draw on her extensive research in the archives and in rare book libraries. Before turning to writing full time, Leah was a tenured professor of French Literature and Culture at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. She has also been an Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London.

Leah’s most recent book, Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power (Bloomsbury; Farrar, Straus and Giroux) has been named among the ‘Best Books of 2023’ by The New Yorker and ‘Best Biographies of 2023’ by BookRiot. Young Queens was longlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and was a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Biography).

Leah lives with her husband and three children in Washington, DC, and spends as much time as possible in London and Paris, her favorite cities.