Leah Simone Bowen is a Toronto-based writer, producer, and Dora Mavor Moore Award–nominated director. She is the creator and co-host, along with Falen Johnson, of the podcast The Secret Life of Canada about the untold and under-told history of the country. Her writing has been produced across Canada and has been published by Playwrights Canada Press, NeWest Press, and the Canadian Theatre Review. Select writing credits include The Hallway, Nowheresville, The Postman, and Treemonisha, an adaptation of Scott Joplin's Ragtime opera. She has been playwright ­in­ residence at a number of theatres, including Obsidian Theatre, the Blyth Festival, and the Stratford Festival. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s Theatre program.