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Leslie Moïse's began writing at age nine, right after she read
Little Women for the first of several thousand times. "I identified with Jo, and knew I was a writer like her." Less than a decade later, the British magazine
Light Horse published her autobiographical story, "An American at Windmill Hill." Moise's memoir,
Love is the Thread, about knitting, friendship, loss and love, was published by Pearlsong Press in 2012. Moise's historical fiction based on the Apocryphal story,
Judith, is due out shortly. Many know how that story ends, but through the works of Dr. Moise, you come to know Judith, the woman, widowed before the age of 20, become a heroine.
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| Leslie with her dog, Gizmo. |
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Dr. Moise's stories, articles and essays published in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, most recently in the national publication
Science of Mind and her bi-monthly column in the regional magazine
Odyssey. She writes reviews for
Bookpage; other works have appeared in journals as diverse as T
he Chronicle of the Horse and the Canadian
Horses All, women's magazines like
Radiance and
Daily Horizons; even literary or academic journals such as
Southwestern Review and
The Charles Lamb Bulletin. Dr. Moïse worked as a reporter for
The Cumberland Times, and has edited book manuscripts, literary journals, travel magazines and association newsletters. She taught college English for twenty years, from composition to advanced exposition, creative writing and literature. Her Ph.D. in English from the University of Louisianna at Lafayette focused on 19 C. British Literature, folkore and creative writing, while her M.A. and B.S. from the University of Louisville centered on culture, organization and writing, from copywriting to fiction.
As many know, Dr. Moise suffered a stroke, May 2012. She has taken the time since to recovery, one that could not have been done without the loyal and loving support of family, friends, her spiritual community, and her fans. Expressions of her and her family's gratitude cannot fully account for how deeply appreciative we are of each and every one of you. Dr. Moise continues the slower road and strives in the wake of how that stroke echoes in her abilities. Who she is is not that medical condition. We are defined by what we do with what we have, how we choose to react to what the universe and life bring our way. Did the stroke forever change what she had? Of course. Did it change who she is? No. Dr. Moise is full of the same joy, wit and love she has always had, as those who truly know her, continue to see.
