Leisa's imprint for her own novels and scripts — named for the only way she's ever known how to write: one bird, one page, one scene at a time.
Leisa has been writing since childhood — she describes it as a natural form of expression, as close to instinct as talking. Bird by Bird Publishing is where that instinct becomes finished work: novels, film scripts, songs, and poems, built organically rather than from a rigid outline.
Debut novelA first novel blending historical fiction, mystery, and romance, centered on a protagonist who forms a deep connection with Erik Weisz — better known to the world as Harry Houdini — amid personal dilemmas and intrigue.
Her fifth cousin, five times removed, was Isaac Kauffman Funk — co-founder of the Funk & Wagnalls publishing house. The instinct to publish may run in the blood.
Themes of resilience and human connection carry through the novel, as they do through the rest of Leisa's work — a throughline that also shapes the film and music currently in production under Luna Lum Films.