Elisa Stone Leahy is a queer Peruvian American children’s author who lives with her husband and kids in Columbus Ohio. She likes writing about characters with complicated identities. She is the author of Mallory in Full Color and Tethered to Other Stars which Kirkus Reviews called beautifully executed.
<p>Mallory Marsh is an expert at molding into whatever other people want her to be. Her true thoughts and feelings only come out in her sci-fi web comic which she publishes anonymously as Dr. BotGirl. <span style="font-size: 1rem;">But juggling all the versions of herself gets tricky especially when Mal’s mom signs her up for swim team. Instead of being honest about hating competitive swim Mal skips out on practice and secretly joins the library’s comic club. There Mal meets Noa a cute enby kid who is very sure of who they are. As Mal helps Noa plan a drag queen story time she tries to be the person she thinks Noa wants her to be—by lying about her stage fright. </span></p>
