Christian Leahy is a story midwife, developmental editor, and writer of mythic nonfiction.
Since she was a little girl she has tracked the threads of story through the wild, listening for what wants to emerge from the fertile dark and attending with care all that is holy and shimmering with aliveness.
From groundbreaking bestsellers to award-winning documentaries and transformative TED Talks, Christian collaborates with people and projects committed to the power of story and narrative change. These stories heal our connection to ourselves, the earth and each other. They are doorways to potential futures where all communities thrive.
She was the editor of the New York Times bestseller DRAWDOWN: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken and Katharine Wilkinson, and midwife to many other visionary works of nonfiction and memoir. Currently, she is an advisor to the All We Can Save Project, which supports courageous climate engagement—cultivating the emotional-spiritual root from which climate leadership grows.
Christian holds a Masters in Literature and Creative Writing from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. She lives in northern New Mexico where she reverently wanders the sagebrush seas and the high-mountain forests, writes little stories of wonder, dances, cooks, loves her friends and community, and mothers a young man who dreams and makes cool things with his hands.