Leon Lee

Born in Tianjin, China, and later residing in Beijing for many years, he graduated from Tianjin Normal University. Possessing a deep love for literature and the fine arts from early childhood, he assisted in organizing library collections during his youth and had widely read Chinese and foreign classics before the age of fifteen.

Graduating from university in 1967 amid a turbulent era, he was sent down to the Nanmachang pasture in Zhangjiakou to herd horses, followed by a year of mining in Shuikoushan. Years of living among the wind, snow, and pastoral life sparked his literary inspiration. He subsequently served as a full-time graphic artist at a cultural center and an art teacher at a railway middle school. Though he penned two full-length novels in his early years, regrettably, neither was published due to the limitations of the era.

In the 1990s, he traveled to the United States as a visiting scholar and later became a naturalized Canadian citizen, working as a portrait artist in North America for over two decades. In 2020, he published his novel The Great Abduction in the United States, utilizing a sharp and piercing pen to channel his fierce indignation against evil, fulfilling his lifelong ambition of struggle and perseverance.

Half a lifetime dedicated to the paintbrush, half a lifetime immersed in ink. His life has been intricately entwined with literature and fine art, his profound artistic foundation forming the very bones and flesh beneath his words.

A Poem to Express My Will:

Having traversed the vast expanse of human existence,

I remain steadfast—

Forging my character through unyielding resolve,

And settling life’s scores with passion and grace.

中國天津人，長居北京，畢業於天津師範大學。自幼酷愛文學與美術，少年時期於圖書館協助整理藏書，十五歲前已泛讀大量中外經典。

1967年大學畢業，適逢時代變局，下放至張家口南馬場牧馬,后在水口山開礦一年。數載風雪牧歌啟迪了文學創作之源；隨後歷任文化館專職美工與鐵路中學美術教師。早年雖創作兩部長篇小說，可惜因時代局限未能付梓。

1990年代赴美遊學，後入籍加拿大，於北美從事肖像畫創作二十餘載。2020年於美國出版長篇小說《大劫持》，以犀利文筆寄託嫉惡如仇之志，了卻畢生奮爭之願。

半生畫筆，半生墨香。一生於文學與美術間纏綿，深厚的藝術素養皆化作字裏行間的骨骼與血肉。

詩以言志：

閱盡人間浩瀚

依然有我

以鏗鏘作修為

快意恩仇了得