Raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lesley spent many summers in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where she met her husband, John. By coincidence, John was also from Montreal with family ties to Cape Breton, and after finishing their post-grad education decided to move to the place they met to raise their family.

Lesley began writing professionally after her children moved out of the house and a bedroom was converted into her den. At present she has released 7 novels, the first of which has been optioned into a movie - Relative Happiness.

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Lesley Crewe

Writer