Aleia Bennett

Aleia Bennett

I'm a Southern, suburban-grown, Jamaican-American Creative Writing Poetry grad. My debut novel, Legacy in Bloom, was chosen for the 2025 SmoochPit mentorship program. Like Leela, I make my living as a corporate email marketer with dreams of spending my days building something beautiful with my hands (and keyboard).

This is my first novel, born of a desire to tell stories at the crossroads of my identities. When I'm not writing, I'm nurturing the dozens of plants in my home or creating bookish content for my email newsletter and social channels.