copywriter | screenwriter

About

Genie Leslie is a southerner living in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and her dog, Darcy.

Photo credit: Talia Green

Photo credit: Talia Green

As a copywriter, I worked in an agency for six years before going freelance. Brand campaigns, video scripts, manifestos, social posts, emails, app copy, game copy—you name it, I’ve written it. Some of my clients include Microsoft, Starbucks, Uber, Washington’s Lottery, Amazon, and AT&T.

As a screenwriter, my work focuses on women-driven stories of self-discovery and friendship in comedies of all shades, including dark and romantic. I’m a Stowe Story Labs alumni, and a current MFA candidate with Stephens College for TV & Screenwriting.
 
I’ve been an occasional actor and a co-founder of Kairos Theatre Company. Our company closed in 2020 but I’m proud of the female-driven work we produced and I continue to support small theatre companies.

After 19 months of traveling the country to find our next home, my husband and I landed in Atlanta, GA. We couldn’t do another Seattle winter of darkness, so we sought out cities with more sunlight and thriving arts communities, and I wrote about it along the way.