Leah Rachel von Essen is a writer and editor who gets most of her reading done while walking. She works full-time as a magazine assistant editor, while also reviewing for Booklist, writing for Book Riot and other publications, writing her blog, and working on writing and querying her novels. She uses her spare time to watch women's soccer, travel, and sometimes even sleep. Originally from New Jersey, she came to the South Side of Chicago to study magical realism, surrealism, fairy tales, religious studies, and the forms of the novel at the University of Chicago. She, her cat Ms. Nellie Bly, and her two large bookshelves live reading-and-walking distance from Lake Michigan. Leah writes about the books she's reading at While Reading and Walking. Twitter: @reading_while
Hint: it has less to do with Emma's character and a whole lot more to do with poor Harriet Smith.
WHO FEARS DEATH is coming to HBO, with executive producer George R.R. Martin!
Looking for bookish places to visit in the great windy city of Chicago? Hop on a train and check out these literary landmarks, libraries, and bookstores.
Sense8 was primarily about empathy. Check out these ten book recommendations to open your mind to others' experiences and worlds.
There are a lot of very rude people getting their books signed out there. Here are some tips for being polite the next time you go to a book signing.
From Tolstoy to Chekhov, check out these 5 short story and novella recommendations to celebrate Russian Literature Week.
Ten great book recommendations to introduce you to the world of magical realism.
How an awful experience reading the book in school turned one reader into a Hobbit-hater.
On Hans Christian Andersen's sexuality, and how he worked it into his stories.