Leigh K Cunningham
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Singapore |
| Introduction | Leigh K Cunningham is a lawyer with a career as a senior executive for a number of public companies in her home country of Australia. She has master’s degrees in law (Master of International Trade & Investment Law) and commerce (Master of Commerce) as well as an MBA (International Management). RAIN, Leigh's first title for the adult fiction market (April 2011) was named the winner in the Literary Fiction category at the 2011 Indie Excellence Awards. RAIN was also awarded a silver medal at the 2011 Independent Publisher Awards (IPPY) in the Regional Fiction: Australia/New Zealand category. RAIN was #1 on the Amazon bestseller list for Women’s Fiction (December 2011). Leigh's first two children's books are recipients of silver medals from the Moms' Choice Awards. SHARDS was also a finalist at the 2011 Indie Excellence Awards in the Juvenile Fiction category. BEING ANTI-SOCIAL is Leigh's latest title (May 2012). It was named the winner/gold medalist at the 2012 Readers' Favorite Book Awards in the Chick-lit category. Being Anti-Social was also named the winner/gold medalist at the 2013 Reader Views Literary Awards in the Humor category. |
| Interests | Writing, reading, keeping fit, travelling, food and wine. |
| Favorite Movies | Bandits, Wedding Crashers, Terms of Endearment, The Castle, Crash, Mississippi Burning (although I can't bear to watch it). |
| Favorite Music | Linkin Park, Live, Pink Floyd, One Republic, Matchbox Twenty, Kasabian, Jet, Ed Kowalcyk. |
| Favorite Books | Anything by John Steinbeck and JD Salinger, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Catch-22, To Kill a Mockingbird, April Fool's Day, Angela's Ashes |