Biography

Aleah (McGee) grew up in the cornfields and forests of Southern Indiana, a landscape and culture that very much influences her writing. The oldest of eight children, she started writing poems to give voice to traumatic life events. Initially working with a focus on secrets and society, Aleah’s writing is deeply rooted in the many aspects of the feminine: in love, in motherhood, in exile, in mythology and in madness, and the importance of 'place'.

After ten years of traveling and moving around the country, Aleah immigrated to Canada. Now a marketing manager for a recruiting firm, she divides her time between her career, creative collaborations and writing her first novel.

Aleah published her first book, Badlands, in 2006. The chapbook Stillborn Wilderness (Pooka Press) and a second collection, Temporary Shelters, are slated for publication in 2007. Her poems have appeared in numerous print and electronic journals, including Blue Fifth Review, Adirondack Review, Shadow Train, juked, Latchkey, Nth Position, Eclectica, Just West of Athens, BlazeVox, and Furnace Review, among others.

In addition to her career and role as Principal of Ricksticks Inc., Aleah is a longtime volunteer, a wildlife activist and has been the Poetry Editor for Women Writers since 2004.

A follower of deep ecology, Aleah’s belief is that poetry can transcend time, place and human boundaries. It is the original language, the voice of the divine whole.