Leah Sottile is a journalist, essayist and the author of the books When the Moon Turns to Blood and Blazing Eye Sees All, which won the 2026 Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction. Her longform journalism has been published widely, from The New York Times Magazine to the BBC, and she is the host of the podcasts Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, and Bundyville. She is the co-founder of investigative outlet The Western Edge, and she authors the popular newsletter The Truth Does Not Change According to Our Ability to Stomach It.

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