LeAnne Bristow began her love affair with books at an early age. She often hid books inside her desk and read during class. A teacher actually commented on a report card that "She would do much better in class if she would stop reading." When she outgrew Laura Ingalls Wilder and Beverly Cleary, she graduated to Walter Farley and Judy Blume. Then her favorite aunt gave her an old box of Harlequin romance novels and she was hooked. After reading the entire Americana series by Janet Dailey, LeAnne dreamed of becoming a writer.
As a teenager, she spent hours pecking away on a ribbon style typewriter that she bought at a garage sale. It didn't take long for her to be swept away into her own little world where love conquered all. But as often happens with dreams, life gets in the way. She fell in love with an Arizona native who packed her up, stories and all, and moved her from her small town in central Texas to a small town in southern Arizona, where she fell in love with the desert.
LeAnne spent the next 20 years corralling three of her own children and 20+ kindergartners. Then one fateful day, her husband found her box of stories. With her dream rekindled, she began the long, arduous task of rewriting and editing. Her writing implements have improved and her characters have matured, but she holds true to her belief that all roads lead to love...especially in the country.
Now that you've read my "official" bio, click here to find out a little more about my journey.
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