Leonard Neufeldt hails from the immigrant hamlet of Yarrow, British Columbia. He is an alumnus of Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Illinois. He is the author of seven books of poetry, the latest of which, Painting over Sketches of Anatolia, is scheduled to be published in the spring of 2015 by Signature Editions. A number of his short poems have been set to music by three composers, including Randolph Peters of Winnipeg.