Leslie Chivers is a novelist and short story writer. He has spent the past ten-plus years working in communications and marketing and is a board member of his local Writers' Guild and the Art Mentorship Society. Chivers' fascination with pop culture and stance against censorship-as well as his collection of "banned books"-has greatly influenced his writing and hobby of collecting rare first print, first edition books. Many of his stories explore themes of privilege and lost youth, disdain, and despair.