Leo McKay Jr. (born June 19, 1964) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer from Stellarton, Nova Scotia.

His father, Leo McKay Sr., who lived in the Red Row until his death in 2011, was a riveter at the railcar factory in nearby Trenton before becoming a career labour leader, social activist, New Democrat politician, and eventually a member of Stellarton Town Council.

McKay teaches English at Cobequid Educational Centre in Truro, Nova Scotia.

The novel made the 40 book long list, and that success spurred McKay to further use of social media as a promotional tool.

[4] McKay's debut short story collection, Like This, was short-listed for the Giller Prize in 1995[5] and received the Dartmouth Book Award for fiction in 1996.