Leila HarperLeila Harper is a high school Senior, a self-proclaimed writer, a passionate reader, and an emotional enthusiast. An adept typist and storyteller, her years of being an overachiever with creative writing assignments have cultivated her proficiently wy voice. She was accepted into a pre-college writing program at California College of the Arts for a collection of short stories she'd written. A Californian herself, she envelopes herself in words and her Border Collie's affection. Properties of a Beating Heart is her first novel. Read More Read Less