Did you know left-handers are found to learn languages faster than their right-handed peers? Southpaws also have an advantage in sports: baseball, tennis, fencing, and more. There are far more left-handed United States presidents than right-handed. Left-handers are more likely to excel in creative fields.

Left-handers are a quiet group of people who are disenfranchised every day. They feel the need to change something about themselves from birth. From coloring with crayons, throwing balls, or playing instruments; nearly every aspect of life can be a challenge.

Those who are sinister or left-handed are made to feel like there is something slightly wrong with them. In truth, there is something that is right with them. If you look at creatives, artists, and change makers in history, many of them are left-handed. Barack Obama, Lady Gaga, Michael Angelo, Ruth Bater Ginsburg, Leonardo DiVinchi, Oprah Winfrey, Babe Ruth, Whoopi Goldburd, Celene Dion, and Marie Curie are all examples of left-handies who have made a difference in the world.

The truth is that left-handed people are special in many ways. Left-handedness allows them to think differently and make remarkable contributions to the world. What if we made it easier for the sinister to thrive?

That is the intention of lefty Duncan MacLeod.

Designed, printed, and produced for left-handers, The Sinister Companion is a safe space for the overwriters, underwriter, the sideways, mirror writing, or those who are ambidextrous. Complete with lined pages on the left side of the compaion, writers are able to avoid common smudging of graphite or ink across the page. On the opposite side, thoughts from the author, facts of the left-handed, and encourging words from fellow south-paws will help inspire your writings.

This is a safe place for you to pen your deepest thoughts, doodle your new invention, novel ideas, and feelings about being seen, understood, and welcomed.

What you will discover in the sinister guide:

· Inspiring quotes by the left-handed and left-footed

· Prompts for big ideas

· Little known facts about the sinister world

· Original drawings by and for left-handers to show left-handedness in everyday life

The Sinister Companion offers solidarity with the 12% of the world that is so often unappreciated for uniqueness. Left-handers contend with more stress than their right-handed counterparts. Parents, coaches, teachers, and mentors often try to make the sinister comply with right-handedness, often forcing left-handers to find themselves struggling with can-openers, power tools, guitars, crochet hooks, workbooks, scissors, and base-ball gloves.

Duncan MacLeod, musician, writer, artist, activist, and businessman, offers his fellow lefties a complete guide to owning their sinisterness. Empowering, fact-filled, and brimming of mutual understanding, The Sinister Companion will help unlock the brilliance of the 12% percent.