Katie Leone (pronounced Lee-own, like a good Italian) was
born Keith Leonard and raised in New York City by her loving aunt Rosalie
Miliano. She attended high school in Dunedin Florida where she was heavily
active in the church youth group and competed in wrestling. She graduated
college with a degree in Early childhood growth and learning and was a two time
national champion as a heavyweight wrestler. She is also undefeated in
Greco-Roman wrestling winning both the Coca-Cola international (Guatemala) and
the Pat Shaw invitational (Honduras).
Katie has worked in many professions including a stock
broker, a teacher, a preacher and was on the board of directors of a local
charity in Florida that helped inmates transition from prison to mainstream
society.
The author of 12 books, Katie’s work is twofold. The first
is to entertain, but the other is to educate. Deviating from common themes in
transgender literature, Katie focuses on the psycho-social aspects of
transgendered characters while telling true to life stories. There are common
themes of acceptance running through her books, but she really puts some
characters through the ringer as they attempt to discover who they are.
The most popular novels are the God Bless the Child series,
which though it has a controversial ending is highly praised and Wrestling
Against Myself which shows how Christianity and transsexuality need not be
opposed to each other.
Her one academic work “The Transsexual and the Cross”
debunks the myth espoused by the conservative Christian right that
transsexuality is a sin by taking a look at the Bible verses often quoted and
putting them in their correct interpretation and historical content.
She is currently working on her 13th novel “the
unreachable” and has plans for a Christian guide to transitioning. She is also
heavily active on several of the transgender fiction websites, most notably Big
Closet.
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