Jessie Leitzel

Jessie Leitzel (she/they) was born in the mountains of Pennsylvania and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. They are a YoungArts award winner with distinction, a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and a gold medalist of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Leitzel’s work has been featured in The Interlochen Review and other publications. They are the author of The Small Hours (self-published, 2024), and the cofounding editor of Trace Fossils Review. Leitzel studies foreign language and literature at Harvard College..