Amy Leona Havin is a writer, journalist, and artist with an emphasis on non-fiction, poetry, arts journalism, and essays. She is a staff writer with The Oregonian/OregonLive and the Language Arts column writer and Dance reviewer for Oregon ArtsWatch. Havin's work has been published in over a dozen magazines and journals. Her forthcoming works include a book of poems and a book of essays. Havin is also the Artistic Director of multi-media dance performance company The Holding Project.

Her works have been featured in San Diego Poetry Annual, Humana Obscura, The Dust Magazine, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center (2016 residency), and others. Her writing tool of choice is a 1962 Royal Safari.