Click here to view some fun photos of Leigh's family and friends.

I am the daughter of a retired U.S. forest ranger. I love working, writing, grandkids, spending time with family, weeding the garden with my dog Sophie, and watching the little sagebrush lizards that live in my rock flowerbeds.

I met my husband when he had just started graduate school. Two weeks later, we were engaged to be married. That was thirty years ago and we're still crazy about each other.

My husband and I are the proud parents of two wonderful children who are both married now. (How did they grow up so fast???) Our son is a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps and our daughter is a student. Our son and his sweet wife have provided one of my favorite hobbies—two beautiful granddaughters. Being a granny is payback for raising such great kids.

I hold a B.A. in history with distinction, am a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society and love doing research. Although my husband holds a juris doctorate and a Ph.D., we both love learning so much that we always tend to find just one more class to take. Sometimes, we take classes together and enjoy studying everything from world politics to astronomy.

I've worked in the education industry most of my adult life, but writing has always been one of my great loves. I wrote my first full-length novel on a typewriter, back when they still made carbon paper and 8-track tapes. I had no outline and no clue what I was doing, but I kept at it. Since then, I have achieved a life-long goal of winning the Golden Heart for best Inspirational and selling the book titled The Healing Place to Harlequin Steeple Hill. My books have won and finaled in numerous other national writing contests. With hundreds of thousands of books in print, I feel incredibly blessed to be able to write entertaining, uplifting stories.

In addition to family, work and writing, my husband and I are busy in church and scouting activities. To read more about my books, check out my books page. Also, take a look at some fun photos of my family and writer friends. Enjoy!

> Click here to visit me on Facebook!

> Click here to visit me on the Love Inspired Authors Blog!