J.G. MacLeod

Award-winning author J.G. MacLeod has always been an avid reader and writer. As a child, she was drawn to putting pen to paper so that she could record the people and places she would create inside her mind. As a young adult, she earned a university degree in Honors English and history due to her keen interest in nineteenth-century studies.

Ms. MacLeod then went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Education and has spent the past nineteen years teaching. She taught creative writing, English and social science for most of those years, but she has also spent time as a guidance counsellor and working with students with developmental disabilities. She loves encouraging students to find their own voices through writing and believes that every single person has a story to tell.

J.G. MacLeod writes both fiction and non-fiction stories. To date, she has published six novels: Abalone is an emotionally-charged read that tells the story of a young woman involved in a violent and controlling relationship & won the 2018 Online Book Club Book of the Year Award for 'Other Fiction'. Lady Ellen (Book One in The Adventures of Lady Ellen Montagu series) is a historical romance set in nineteenth-century Ireland & won the 2018 Breakthrough Novel Award for Historical Fiction. It also received a Readers' Favorite Award (Honorable Mention, 2019). Ms. MacLeod has also released two sequels to Lady Ellen: Two Paths and New London.

Ms. MacLeod's most successful release, The Future Bride: A MacLeod Time-Travel Rom Com, combines research on the author's own family tree with time travel. It is her first foray into the comedy genre & it is a bestseller in Celtic History. The Future Bride was a Finalist in the Independent Author Network's Book of the Year Awards in 'Romance' (2020).

A Moment in Time, a romantic-suspense novel, was released in April, 2021. This novel is a mashup of psychological thriller, domestic crime, science fiction, and romance. It also adds elements of fairy tales and Shakespeare. The Past Love: A MacLeod Time-Travel Rom Com, Book 2, is due out in 2021.

Ms. MacLeod has three young children of her own and resides in southwestern Ontario where she lives for summer and salted-caramel hot chocolate. She has a passion for travel and loved the friendly people she met on a trip she took to Ireland. Ms. MacLeod dedicates time every day to the act of writing and loves the beautiful nuances of the English language.