Jeanne Leiby (September 3, 1964 - April 19, 2011) was an American teacher, fiction writer and literary magazine editor.
Her first collection of short stories, Downriver, was published by Carolina Wren Press as the 2006 winner of the Doris Bakwin prize.
In Spring 2008, she took over as editor of The Southern Review at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
She also taught fiction writing and creative writing at UCF (University of Central Florida) for a couple of years, leaving in 2008 for her new job at the Southern Review.
She was hugely influential to her students, helping many of them pursue careers in writing as well.