About Me
Writer & Advocate
Meg LeDuc
Born and raised in the Detroit area, I live with my husband and our three rescue cats in a small blue house where the odd tulip planted by the previous owners still blooms among the front yard’s Queen Anne’s lace.
I’m a writer and copywriter interested in telling lyrical, slanted stories where difference, beauty, and life’s luminous ordinary converge. I’m a contradiction—a Pushcart-nominated writer and master’s student who once was institutionalized in a group home—and I’m interested in exploring life’s profound contradictions, its power differentials.
I earned a BA in English and Creative Writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and attend Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA in Writing. I write personal essays and flash nonfiction that participate in stories being told about mental health issues from the perspective of my lived experience of schizoaffective disorder.
My memoir-in-progress is a nuanced portrait of a mind that works (and, consequently, a life lived) differently than most.
Since my time as an undergraduate, I’ve been a determined advocate for people with disabilities and those who are neurodivergent.
When I’m not putting pen to paper (figuratively, of course), I often can be found running. I love to experiment in the kitchen and never—ever—measure spices.
Pronouns: She/her/hers.
