Leanne Ellul (1989) teaches Maltese and writes both poetry and prose. Her literary works appeared online and in newspapers, journals and anthologies. Together with Clare Azzopardi, Ellul writes textbooks for young children with whom she also translated the novel Teresa. Ellul won first place in the national competition for theatre writing, Premju Francis Ebejer, and her play Ma Rridx Immur was staged at Teatru Manoel - Malta's National Theatre. She won the Novel for Youths Prize 2014 with her novel Gramma. In 2015 her short story was chosen to be part of the European showcase, Flash Europa 28 and in that same year she took part in the Biennale for Young Artists, held in Milan. In 2016 Ellul was enlisted in the Commonwealth Young Achievers Book and also won the special prize for the best emerging author by the National Book Council. She is currently working on her first collection of poems and another novel for young adults. Ellul is an active member of Inizjamed - an NGO that works in literary field.