Helen Leigh is a hardware hacker and writer from Wales, via London and Berlin. Leigh makes experimental musical instruments using textiles, metal, electronics and code. She is currently based in Portland, Oregon, USA, where she is Head of Community at Crowd Supply, the crowdfunding platform for open source hardware.

Leigh's first book in her own name was "The Crafty Kid’s Guide to DIY Electronics", published by McGraw Hill. She has written about hacking and making for publications all over the world, including a regular hardware column for Make:Magazine. Leigh was also the lead developer for the popular MINI.MU glove, an open source hardware gesture-controlled musical instrument that young people sew, wire, code and play themselves.