WINNER OF THE 2011 Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers Lesleyanne was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland. A retired veteran who served in Bosnia in 93/94, she graduated from Memorial University with a BA in English and Diploma in Creative Writing in 2008. Her short stories have won four times at the NL Arts and Letters Awards and three have been published. Braco is her first novel. She lives near St. John’s with her two cats.