About Richard Leighland

Richard Leighland serves as managing editor for AZ Entertainment Group LLC, where he also contributes reader’s guides for the AZ Classics imprint. An artist working in various mediums—including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, charcoal, and graphite—Richard brings a diverse creative background to his writing and editorial work.

His novel, House of Fate, now in its second edition, reflects his eclectic approach to storytelling, drawing inspiration from dreams, overheard conversations, and moments from television. A keen enthusiast of foreign and independent cinema that challenges traditional narratives, Richard aims to craft stories that entertain while encouraging readers to question culture, society, and themselves.

Though known to write with pen and paper, and even vintage typewriters, he prefers the flexibility of LibreOffice. Leighland writes with an emphasis on creative freedom rather than genre conventions. Outside of writing and editing, he pursues music and visual arts in his own distinct style.