Dallas native Leah Shafer has been navigating the world of relationships for more than two years as a dating columnist and has been a professional writer for nine. She's a well-versed ink slinger and podcaster who freelances for newspapers, magazines, and websites. Leah's work has earned her several awards, and has appeared in O at Home, American Way, Modern Bride, Dallas Morning News, AAA Texas Magazine, and an unwieldy pile of other publications she stores in a box in her closet. She spent years as a semi-pro dater and always has a back-up plan on blind dates.