Writer. strategist.
incorrigible observer.

I’m Kristen H. Mcleod – a communications strategist, creative writing instructor, and writer with bylines in the Globe & Mail, CBC, etc. I’ve performed spoken word from NYC to Joshua Tree to Saskatchewan. The glam circut, clearly. I make sense of complicated stories. Other people’s, and my own.



COMMUNICATIONS

I help organizations find their voice and use it well. Strategy, crisis comms, the works.
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Essays and performances exploring life after a particularly boring cult. Less white robes, more regulation grey.

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cultivated

Creative nonfiction, spoken word, and the occasional unscripted truth. MFA holder. Annie Dillard Award finalist. Stubbornly hopeful.

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writing