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About Miguel Lopez de Leon...
        
From an early age, Miguel Lopez de Leon took his academic work seriously. In his formal education, Miguel excelled in both his classes and extracurricular activities. Aside from being a hard working honor student, he was also a leader and active member in over ten school clubs. Early on, Miguel won a school sponsored art competition and was presented with an Achievement Award from the United Nations. His school chose him, as only one of seven students, to be flown to Washington DC to represent them in the National Young Leaders Conference, where he met various senators and state representatives, and worked to promote goodwill between the youths of different countries.     (CONTINUED BELOW)






Aside from graduating with honors, Miguel was also given an Achievement Award for his work as Editor-in-Chief of his school magazine.
     
After moving to Los Angeles, Miguel continued his love of writing. Working daily, he eventually completed several novels, novellas (short novels), short stories and poem collections.
     
GALADRIA (Book 1 of 5) Peter Huddleston & The Rites of Passage (Published by Moonshadow Press) is Miguel's debut novel. He is already working on book two of the GALADRIA series GALADRIA (Book 2 of 5) Peter Huddleston & The Mists of the Three Lakes.
     
Miguel's work has recently been chosen for publication in The Shine Journal: “Best Websites For Writers” (Writer's Digest Reader's Poll) and “Top Ten” (Preditors and Editors Poll), The Oddville Press Magazine: “Promoting today's geniuses and tomorrow's giants”, The Cynic Magazine, Fantastic Horror Magazine, The Absent Willow Review, Hungur Magazine, Illumen Digest, Sounds of the Night and Niteblade Magazine.
     
Miguel's work has also been
published in nine print anthologies, Solid Gold (Published by Gold Dust Magazine, U.K.),  Cover of Darkness 2009 (Published by Sam's Dot Publishing), Daily Bites of Flesh: 365 Days of Flash Fiction (Published by Pill Hill Press), Daily Flash 2011: 365 Days of  Flash Fiction (Published by Pill Hill Press), Fem-Fangs (Published by Pill Hill Press), Patented DNA (Published by Pill Hill Press), Monster Mash (Published by Pill Hill Press), Dark Things III (Published by Pill Hill Press) and Haunted (Published by Pill Hill Press). All these paperback anthologies can be bought from the "Purchase Books" section of this website.

Miguel was recently proclaimed the winner of Writer's Digest Magazine's "Your Story #24" writing contest. His winning work, "A Working Professional", beat out over 550 other stories in the competition, and was published nationwide (U.S.) in the July/August 2010 issue of
Writer's Digest Magazine.

Among Miguel's other current writing work is the urban fantasy novella, The Unicorn, which is featured in the "Other Works" section of this website.
    
Aside from writing, Miguel's other interests include the real estate business, financial investing, and philanthropic work with several international organizations. Miguel has also modeled for various international brands, such as Diesel, and was chosen as the main face for a print ad campaign for the Italian brand 'Bergamo'.
    
Miguel is currently typing away in front of his computer, drinking a cup of very strong coffee. He offers his sincere and humble appreciation to all those who have called, emailed and shown their genuine support for his work

Miguel Lopez de Leon on the cover of Zee Magazine.









BIBLIOGRAPHY:


NOVELS:


GALADRIA (5 Book Series)
Published by Moonshadow Press

GALADRIA (Book 1 of 5) Peter Huddleston & The Rites of Passage                         PUBLISHED MAY 10, 2011

GALADRIA (Book 2 of 5) Peter Huddleston & The Mists of the Three Lakes            COMING OUT MAY 2012                                                        



AWARDS:


Writer's Digest Magazine:
"Your Story # 24" Contest          1st Place Winner           “A Working Professional”            7/2010 Issue



PAPERBACK ANTHOLOGIES:


Cover of Darkness 2009                       “Dark Song”                                                 Sam's Dot Publishing


Solid Gold (U.K.)                                “A Perfect Evening”                                      Gold Dust Magazine


Daily Bites of Flesh:
365 Days of Flash Fiction                     "House Guest"                                                         Pill Hill Press


Daily Flash 2011:
365 Days of  Flash Fiction                    "Universal Committee"                                            Pill Hill Press


Haunted                                               "The Bath"                                                              Pill Hill Press


Fem-Fangs                                            "Last Meals"                                                           Pill Hill Press


Patented DNA                                      "The First Wave"                                                     Pill Hill Press


Monster Mash                                      "Her Majesty"                                                         Pill Hill Press


Dark Things III                                    "Noalee"                                                                  Pill Hill Press



LITERARY MAGAZINES:


The Oddville Press Magazine              “The Pit”                                                                     3/2009 Issue

                                                          
                                                           “Just Another Day by the Lake” (Featured Author)    6/2009 Issue

                                                          
                                                           “Granny's Tale” (Featured Author)                             6/2009 Issue

                                                         
                                                           “The Cat's Meow” (Featured Author)                         6/2009 Issue



The Cynic Magazine                            “Thank You”                                                              4/2009 Issue

                                                          
                                                           “Legacy”                                                                     5/2009 Issue

                                                         
                                                           “The Bowl”                                                                 5/2009 Issue

                                                          
                                                           “Blazer”                                                                    10/2009 Issue



The Shine Journal                               “Mickey, Jerry & Mighty”                                         10/2008 Issue

                                                          
                                                           “Bacon & Merlot”                                                      9/2009 Issue

                                                          
                                                           “Pot Roast”                                                                9/2009 Issue

                                                         
                                                           “Sunday Nights”                                                         9/2009 Issue

                                                         
                                                           “Saturday Morning”                                                 10/2009 Issue



The Absent Willow Review                   “The Bridge”                                                             11/2009 Issue

                                                          
                                                            “Break”                                                                    11/2009 Issue



Fantastic Horror Magazine                  “Eternal”                                                                    8/2009 Issue

                                                          
                                                            “The Dinner Table”                                                    5/2010 Issue



Niteblade Magazine                             “Daughter”                                                                 3/2010 Issue




Sounds of the Night                            "Tree Poet"                                                                 8/2010 Issue

                                                          
                                                           "Incubus"                                                                   8/2010 Issue

                                                    
                                                           "Concubine"                                                               8/2010 Issue

                                                         
                                                           "Elemental"                                                                 2/2011 Issue



Hungur Magazine                                “Queen Bee”                                                           Fall 2010 Issue




Illumen Digest                                      "Petals"                                                                     4/2011 Issue
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