Originally from Texas, Leann has worked as an editor, writer, art director, and designer for numerous publishers, including arts magazines and educational publishing, as well as record labels and arts organizations. She holds a master’s degree in English literature from Boston College and has written essays and criticism for First Things, The New Criterion, Spectator World, The Weekly Standard, The Hopkins Review, and others. As an independent scholar, she has presented papers on topics in medievalism, Slavic studies, and Laurence Sterne’s 1759 novel Tristram Shandy. She also publishes the Substack Acroteria.