Andrea Lisa Leeb explored several different careers on her journey to writing: a Lieutenant in the United States Public Health Service as a Registered Nurse with the Native American population, scuba diving instructor on a live aboard dive boat in the Bahamas and, currently, an attorney for a Fortune 21 Company.  On December 24, 2004 she and her husband survived the Southeast Asian Tsunami, returned to Los Angeles, and began writing of her collected years of experiences.  Leeb is a Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers finalist.  She received her Masters in Fine Arts from Bennington Writing Seminars.  Leeb's stories are pending publication at several literary magazines, and she is currently working on her first novel.

"In Andrea Leeb's rich and complex stories, people we believe in and care about struggle to do right, yet still find themselves telling lies, going along with deceptions, and sometimes betraying the people they would most like to help.  I love these stories' intense and revealing talk, their sharp-eyed descriptions, and the slightly ironic, often humorous stance with which Andrea Leeb looks around at the world."  Alice Mattison  "Andrea Leeb's stories are a pleasure to read. The stories move swiftly yet at the same time readers have the space to linger over the details…a marriage of momentum and relaxation."  Brian Morton  "Utterly of their moment, yet transcending it, Andrea Leeb's stories take readers where they need to go. Precise, heartfelt, and fearless, they are significant experiences in themselves--lingering with you as though you'd lived through them with her yourself."  Askold Melnyczuk