Thanks for stopping in, my name is Edwin Leskin and I am an aspiring professional author who seeks to pull big questions into meaningful moments with my work. Below you can find some projects I’m working on, links to collaborate, and short works.
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CURRENT NOVEL PROJECT [2026]: BEAUTIFUL CUT
“Though the worst serial murderer in history terrorizes the city, though his family is breaking, though he’s a failure and he knows it, Lom cares about one thing only… Cat Racing.”
Beautiful Cut is my most recently completed novel project, a 115k word adult fantasy genre-hybrid, fusing sports fiction and murder mystery on an island loosely based on the Yucatan Peninsula. This work gives readers huge doses of high octane races, wild parties, and bloody murders, but ultimately centers on the two main characters’ moments of transformation in the face of brutal odds, both those imposed upon them and those they nurture in their own souls.
I’m currently seeking representation for Beautiful Cut with reputable literary agents. Interested in learning more? Reach out to edwin@edwinleskin.com
MAYAN JAGUAR ART between circa 550 and circa 950
READING FOR JUNE: The Library At Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
When I say you've read nothing like this book in your life, I mean it with a gaurantee. This novel from 2015 is a debut by Scott Hawkins and is part of a subgenre called "Wierd fiction." This novel blends horror, fantasy, scifi, and thriller elements deftly. Fair warning, if you've never read wierd fiction before this book is a bit of a deep take. The rule with wierd fiction is to ride with it, and you certainly will with this work!
This novel is set in our modern world and yet focuses on a family of magical "librarians" so insanely potent with their magical power and so deeply traumatized and transformed by their magic that they are barely recognizable as human. These “siblings” battle for dominance during the recent dissapearance of their god-like “Father.” A funny, brutal, beautiful, grotesque, mindbendingly insane and utterly exciting page-turner that never ever does anything you think it will, ever. This book is high octane insanity and truly odd behavior at a scale you've rarely seen. Think talking animals and apache helicopters, guacamole and angry gods, think lions vs mind-controlled dogs, I can't wait to read more by this author, and if you like wierd fiction, this is an easy pick. Scott Hawkins second book is coming out soon, and I can't wait. Trigger warning: sa, violence
PERSONAL UPDATE 6/2/26: Italy and Home
Rented a car and tooled around southern Italy for ten days and it was the best time with my amazing parents and wife. We saw some sights but we also just lived a bit like the Romans do
Personal highlights:
-Bibliobar, an outdoor bar on the river tiber with a bunch of books
-Peas and pea-based ingrediants in pasta (trust me)
-Lunch at a random stop on the amalfi coast with a lemongrove built into trellising over our heads
-Boating in Capri and how calm the island is at night once the tourists leave
-Oasi Olympia hotel built from an old seminary on the hills outside Sorrento, looking out at Vesuvius
-Walking deep into the night around Naples in Chaia with the love of my life
-The laughter of my mother and father while we enjoyed ourselves at restaurants and going around doing whatever we wanted
-The pope rolling up
-Pompeii looking lit af honestly and way bigger than I thought, like thats a pretty big cool very bougie ancient city I really do wish I could have tried the life there back in the day.
So grateful
Now my wife and I are back home and continuing to enjoy rebuilding our paradisal little slice of country as we can in Swannanoa, NC. Days of working on our little bit of land, and loving it.
