Leslie Ann Garrison was born in Watertown, South Dakota in the early 50's. Her younger years were spent in Alaska where her Dad was a police officer and a pilot. Then it was off to Wyoming where she discovered in high school that she had a flair for writing.

The next bend in the road brought her to Washington state, where she eventually attended Western Washington University receiving a BS degree in Environmental Science.

At one time or another, she has been a ski bum, a bartender, a secretary, a mountain climber, a medical transcriptionist... and most pivotally, a Deputy with an Eastern Washington County Sheriff's Office and an instructor at the Reserve Police Officers Academy.

Then, a mountain biking accident which resulted in surgery ended that phase of her life. She now resides in the Seattle area and writes
books of fiction based on actual murder cases. Many memorable experiences on patrol as a Deputy are chronicled in the pages of the "Tall Tales" series.