Claudia LeBoeuf – Award Winning Author, Wife, Homeschool Mom
Claudia is a former aerospace engineer turned wife and homeschooling mom to five wonderful children. The writing bug hit while the family lived in Chile, South America. Her partiality for Charles Dickens inspired a keen fondness for well-written villains, which she endeavors to create in her own novels. Her debut science fiction novel, “Fields of Prosperis,” won a first place in the 2025 Cygnus Awards for science fiction and second place for 2025 Novel of the Year in the Christian Market Book Awards.
Claudia and her family now reside in central Kentucky, where she enjoys helping out with the alpacas and other farm animals.
Degrees:
B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
Experience:
Thirteen years as an aerospace engineer and project manager at NASA (Glenn Research Center and Goddard Space Flight Center).
Courses, workshops, conferences and activities through the Institute for Writers, Jerry Jenkins Writers’ Guild, the Serious Writers’ Club, Word Weavers and Realm Makers.
Awards:
NASA GSFC ‘John H. Boeckel Excellence in Engineering Award,’ 1986.
NASA Exceptional Service Medal, 1987.
First place in the Science Fiction Category of the Mountain Brook Fire ‘2020 Fire Awards,’ 2020.
Second place for 2025 Novel of the Year in the Christian Market Book Awards, 2025.
First place in the 2025 Cygnus Awards for science fiction, 2026
Books:
“Fields of Prosperis” published by Elk Lake Publishing, March 2025 .
Other Businesses:
Southern Elegance Alpacas, https://southernelegancealpacas.com, which I operate with my daughters. We produce all natural alpaca/sheep/angora rabbit fiber products, as well as other home goods, such as beeswax candles and needle crafts.
Other Interests:
Farm life, needle craft (especially cross stitch), and ancient music.