Leah Cypress

Leah Cypess is an American author of fantasy and science fiction, active in the field since 1995. Some of her earliest published stories were published under her maiden name, Leah Suslovich. She also writes Judaica under the pen name Leah Sokol.

Biography Cypess majored in biology at Brooklyn College and then studied law at Columbia Law School. She practiced law for close to two years at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City. She currently lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband and four children.

Literary career Cypess wrote her first story in first grade; she sold her first professional story ("Temple of Stone") while still in high school. Continuing to write in her spare time, she sold her first novel fifteen years later. "The Fairy Godmother Advice Column" (2022) "Frummer House" (2023) "The Scent of Cotton Candy" (2024) "Flipped" (2024) "The Thirteenth Dancer" (2024) "Finding Love in a Time Loop: A How-To Guide" (2025) "A Tide of Paper" (2025)

Nonfiction No Day Without Torah: the Story of Rav Meir Shapiro (2019) (as Leah Sokol)

Interviews Lobell, Kylie Ora. "Leah Cypess on Daf Yomi and 'No Day Without Torah,'" in Jewish Journal, Jan. 8, 2020. Thomas, Lynne M. "Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Leah Cypess" in Uncanny Magazine Podcast 44A, Jan. 4, 2022.