Leslie Johansen Nack is the author of three books: her award-winning debut memoir, "Fourteen" and her award-winning historical fiction novel, "The Blue Butterfly." The newly released sequel, "Nineteen: A Daughter’s Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery," concludes her raw and deeply personal story, chronicling her path to sobriety and a renewed sense of hope. Nack graduated from UCLA with a degree in English literature and overcame past traumas to raise two children in a healthy, loving home. She is a member of the National Association of Memoir Writers, the Historical Novel Society and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. She lives outside Seattle with her husband.
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