Leah Thomas, Author at Reactor

Leah Thomas, Author at Reactor

.prose blockquote.wp-block-quote:before{--wpr-bg-2c43746f-0d69-4ade-aec7-3c4ce15a2f15: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-block-quote.49103f.svg');}.about-author-bg-top:after, .about-author-bg-top:before{--wpr-bg-e0f58312-1aae-4295-ac43-eaa977229953: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-corner.1554a7.svg');}.about-author-bg-right:before{--wpr-bg-1ff72d53-a1e9-475e-8390-6d8dcae0f06c: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-corner.1554a7.svg');}.article-contents .wp-block-footnotes blockquote.wp-block-quote:before{--wpr-bg-d498c9a2-64ea-407b-961d-3e9a2e7757ef: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-block-quote.49103f.svg');}body.register #buddypress.register-page input[type=checkbox]:before{--wpr-bg-b2ec8baf-40e6-474e-a50e-a5ade1e9e855: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-check.f0c956.svg');}.form-newsletter-checkbox:before{--wpr-bg-410da4c7-ed26-4290-910b-a139b0b5ddac: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-check.f0c956.svg');}.comments #wpdcom .wpdiscuz-item.wpd-field-checkbox.wpd-field-single .wpd-field-label:after{--wpr-bg-18e858c5-c6f7-4f8a-8fa7-157b847e4b94: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-check.f0c956.svg');}.comments #wpdcom .wpd-thread-filter .wpdf-hottest i, .comments #wpdcom .wpd-thread-filter .wpdf-reacted i{--wpr-bg-8179bc39-6917-4630-b620-4c7e5cf16e4b: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-fire.4b3dd4.png');}.comments #wpdcom .wpd-thread-filter .wpdf-reacted i{--wpr-bg-e385a8cb-2636-4b83-bfbd-68a60556bc8e: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-lightning-bolt.f041fa.png');}.comments #wpdcom .wpd-thread-filter .wpdf-sorting i{--wpr-bg-0ff9de6c-14e1-4fef-8bed-759a5c76827e: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-arrow-down.72088c.svg');}.comments #wpdcom .wpd-comment-footer .wpd-vote-down, .comments #wpdcom .wpd-comment-footer .wpd-vote-up{--wpr-bg-d8b1a372-4500-4ec4-b806-bdade3926d01: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-vote.7e0e2e.svg');}.comments #wpdcom .wpd-comment-footer .wpd-reply-button:before{--wpr-bg-8d9e3c9d-65a8-4ded-8715-5fad6cd3e6a5: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-reply.3a6a8e.svg');}.comments #wpdcom .wpd-comment-header .wpd-comment-share i.fa-share-alt:before{--wpr-bg-c8eea3ce-46b2-4ca9-be81-ee236208bfa1: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-share-wpdiscus.c31381.svg');}.comments #wpdcom .wpdiscuz-subscribe-bar form .wpdiscuz-subscribe-form-option:after{--wpr-bg-88d9c02b-1436-4a73-beec-f0ee0dc39ced: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/chevron-down.d378c6.svg');}#buddypress .pagination-contents .next:before{--wpr-bg-eff6fe2f-bae9-422b-8d36-d7f4c4a99aeb: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-chervon-right.7151fb.svg');}#buddypress .pagination-contents .prev:before{--wpr-bg-b03a1bd4-de89-47e9-962f-844dd1caaff1: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-chervon-left.f4e4aa.svg');}#buddypress .notification-actions a.delete:before{--wpr-bg-c451ee37-29b1-4bcb-bc57-0815ef25cdfd: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-trash.8ba8dd.svg');}.form.search input::-webkit-search-cancel-button{--wpr-bg-a2487806-a3e1-417e-a3ed-cf3c93613202: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-x.37820b.svg');}.login-form input[type=checkbox]:before{--wpr-bg-538a9596-b6a4-493c-9b4a-5cea03a1977d: url('https://reactormag.com/wp-content/themes/tor/public/css/images/icon-check.f0c956.svg');}

Skip to content

This Month's New Titles

What to Watch This Month

Sign up for our weekly newsletter Everything in one handy email.

Home / Author / Leah Thomas

Leah Thomas

Leah Thomas is the author of several YA novels, including the Morris Award finalist Because You'll Never Meet Me and the Edgar Award finalist Wild and Crooked . She currently lives and works in Tottori, Japan, surrounded by cats, students, and youkai.

Latest from Leah Thomas

Showing 38 results

Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy in Netflix's One Piece

Column

Anime Spotlight

Netflix’s One Piece Offers Hope in Despairing Times

By Leah Thomas

April 23, 2026

Image from the anime series Dorohedoro

Column

Anime Spotlight

Dorohedoro: The Unlikely Joys of a Fetid Wonderland

By Leah Thomas

April 9, 2026

Major Motoko Kusanagi in the anime film Ghost in the Shell

Column

Anime Spotlight

30 Years of Soul-Searching at Ghost in the Shell: The Exhibition

By Leah Thomas

March 26, 2026

Image from the anime series Aria

Column

Anime Spotlight

Aria: The Glorious Mundanity of a Terraformed Planet

By Leah Thomas

March 12, 2026

Promo image from the anime series Ya Boy Kongming, depicting the two central characters: Kongming, a tactician from ancient China, and Eiko, a modern aspiring singer.

Column

Anime Spotlight

Stratagems for Uplifting the Downtrodden With Ya Boy Kongming!

By Leah Thomas

February 26, 2026

Image from the anime series Bakemonogatari

Column

Anime Spotlight

Country Fears, City Fears: How Setting Shapes Horror Anime

By Leah Thomas

February 12, 2026

Magical Princess Minky Momo

Column

Anime Spotlight

Earthquakes, Magical Girls, and Modern Mythology: The Death of Minky Momo

By Leah Thomas

January 29, 2026

Image from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Movies & TV

Anime Spotlight

Frieren Offers Timeless Life Lessons From a Tired Mage

By Leah Thomas

January 15, 2026

Image from the anime series Hell's Paradise

Column

Anime Spotlight

Beast Humane, Beauty Grotesque: The Compelling Contradictions of Hell’s Paradise

By Leah Thomas

December 11, 2025

1 2 3 … 5

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy

TPG 2026 • Site Credit