Leigh lives in the South Island of New Zealand but still calls Australia home, even though she left when she was a pre-teen. Educated in Australia, Africa, Europe and New Zealand she has seen a lot of the world.

No matter where in the world Leigh was living, she has always been surrounded by books.  As a child, when she was not being read to, she would be an avid listener to the tales that either her maternal grandmother or her father would weave.

Leigh never considered writing until she was encouraged to attend a U3A Creative Writing course in the 1980s. She has been writing ever since. Now, after many years of traveling, teaching and working in a school library, among other careers, she is ready to share her writing with the public.

Leigh writes under her own name, as well as the pen names Nolan Mackenzie and Jacklyn Harris. 

Leigh has two adult children, who are also voracious readers and write when they can find the time.