Meet Crystal
Contemporary romances with social agendas
Crystal Leigh is an author and ex-tech gal living in Colorado (by way of California and Florida). She is VP of Memberships for Romance Writers of the Rockies and was awarded 2025 Volunteer of the Year. A member of Denver Fiction Writers Critique Group, Crystal is also part of the 2027 cohort of the Stanford Novel Writing Certificate program. She is represented by Rebecca Podos at Neighborhood Literary and is currently on sub with her sapphic F1 romance novel, THE RACING LINE.
Speaking and Presentations
Professionally, she's given numerous presentations and workshops on community management and social media to audiences of varying abilities and experience, as well as served on panel discussions at large corporations.
As a writer, she's presented on the topic of AI for Authors to Romance Writers of the Rockies and spoke to a Stanford Memoir Certificate Program class on her querying journey. She's also appeared multiple times on the Margs and Manuscripts podcast and is the original Bestie of the Pod.
