D. Leon Pippin

Dr. D. Leon Pippin is a freelance author, writing to share God's truth with others and publishing devotionals, poems, and drama. Pippin writes, directs, and choreographs church drama. He is a Christian and enjoys his life with the Lord. His blog is Umbilical: Connecting Hearts to Heaven. 

In February 2015 Florida Christian Writers Conference awarded him 1st place for poetry, “A Haiku Cluster,” and 2nd place for his memoir Naked with Clothes On.

Published short stories include “Pet for a Day,” “Where the Road Turns,” “Shotguns and Liquor,” “A Haiku Cluster” inDriftwood XXXIV (Scribblers of Brevard 2015), “A Shadow Is Cast” in Gratitude (A Space Coast Writers’ Guild Anthology 2015), “God’s Watchdog” in Finding Our Wings (Spiritual Writers Network 2016), and “To the Keys with the Keys” in Spring (A Space Coast Writers’ Guild Anthology 2016).

Published works have previously appeared in The Secret Place, Time of Singing, Silver Wings, Haiku Hippodrome, andLyrical Voices.