Leanne Franson

Leanne Franson (born 1963 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist.

After art studies at Concordia University in Montreal, where she graduated in 1995, she studied ceramics in 1988-1989. She then worked as a children's book illustrator for several Canadian publishers, in both English and French. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

She is known for her semi-autobiographical comics featuring the female bisexual character Liliane, Bi-Dyke.[1] These have been included in various anthologies and collected in books.

In 1997, she was a finalist for a Governor General's Award for her illustration work on L'Ourson qui voulait une Juliette.[2]

Selected publications

For children

Liliane, Bi-Dyke

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