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. A former daily newspaper staff writer and current contributor to Detroit community newspapers, I explore life’s profound transformations and power differentials in my journalism.

I received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing from the University of Michigan and a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. My essays, flash nonfiction, and hybrid work have appeared in Brevity, Mount Hope Magazine, and Cleaver Magazine, among others, and essays are forthcoming from Third Coast Magazine and The Progressive. A finalist in contests sponsored by CRAFT and Fugue and a 2024 Cleaver Emerging Artist, I won three Hopwood Awards and a Michigan Press Association Award and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

I’m currently working on a lyric memoir that plays with language and form in order to illuminate disabled women’s nuanced experience.

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 boxing or lifting weights. I love to experiment in the kitchen and never—ever—measure spices.

Pronouns: She/her/hers.