About Leah Marie

Before writing novels, Leah Marie Brown worked as a newspaper reporter and served in the United States Air Force as a Radio and Television Broadcaster. After her tour in the military, she worked as a director of public relations and a freelance journalist.  Her articles have appeared in numerous publications. She has lived in Europe, Asia, Central America, and the United States.  An enthusiastic traveler and ardent collector of historical minutia, she enjoys weaving factual events and characters into her novels.

On a trip to Paris, she wandered into a used bookstore and unearthed an old book about women who lived through the French Revolution. This is where she discovered some of the heroines for her novels, including Silence in the Mist, available on Amazon.com.
Random facts about Leah Marie... 
  • When she was eight years old, Leah accidentally pulled the fire alarm in the Toledo Sheraton Hotel on the fourth of July.  Accidentally.  
  • She says that one of the nicest compliments she ever received was, "Judy Garland had a gift that when she sang, she made everyone listening feel as if she were singing just to them. Your writing is like that. You make everyone feel as if you are writing just for them."
  • She wakes up each day feeling blessed to have her life, health, family, and friends.
  • Her dreams of being a Hip Hop Dancer were cruelly dashed her freshman year in high school when she completely bungled the ending to her first dance routine in front of a crowd of 1500 people.
  • She has hosted a radio show, anchored a nightly news program, and been in a major motion picture.
  • Leah's has watched Beauty and the Beast a skazillion times and knows every song and word of dialogue by heart.
  • Leah was once detained by Buckingham Palace guards...but that's a story she will save for another day (or novel).




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