Born in The Bronx, Michelle De Leon graduated from the City College of New York with a Bachelor's in English/Creative Writing in 1989. In love with writing since her elementary school days, De Leon was a student in the Performing Arts Class at P.S. 85 where she penned her first short story and first full length play.
It would be many years before her art took a professional turn. In 2000, De Leon self-published her first novel, Once Upon a Family Tree. In 2002, bestselling author Zane offered her a contract with her newly founded company, Strebor Books International. In 2003, Missed Conceptions was the first release. In 2004, Love to the Third and Once Upon a Family Tree were published. Strebor Books International eventually became an imprint under the Simon & Schuster umbrella and they still have the rights to these works today.
In 2009, De Leon released Broken Bands of Gold: Restoring the Covenant on her own. It is her first non-fiction book and is an Inspirational guide and a personal testimonial about standing with Jesus for marriage restoration. It is available via CreateSpace.com and Amazon.com. She also wrote Inspirational novel We Never Danced to a Love Psalm and Young Adult novel Evangie's Fortune which are both currently available as Kindle books at Amazon.com.
An avid reader from the beginning, De Leon became interested in writing as a way of expressing her ideas and sharing her imagination. After four novels, a collection of novellas and one non-fiction piece, she has turned her attention and talents towards playwriting. She has written Like a Psalm Out of Tune which is based on the novel We Never Danced of a Love Psalm. She is also working on 3 Bethel's Way; an Inspirational sequel to the super sensual novella Love to the Third.
A Christian who believes her God given talent should be used to advance the Kingdom, she is developing a ministry play based on the Word she received while composing Broken Bands of Gold.
Never one to get bogged down and/or pigeon holed into one genre, Michelle De Leon hopes one day to excel as a screenwriter. Or whatever else her heart desires.