Events & News
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 26 : The Fall 2025 Bookfest Adventure Join Leslie at this online writing retreat at Bookfest.com or on Youtube October 25-26. Leslie will share How to Write an Outstanding Query Letter that will help no matter your publishing path on Sunday at 3:00 pm PST.
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May 2-3: Santa Barbara Literary Festival – Leslie will be presenting insight from A Boobs Life on the Women’s Health panel.
July 7, 2025: Guest Speaker at Story Summit’s year-long novel course
A FEW RECENT EVENTS
Leslie held several workshops and met with a dozen writers privately at Story Summit’s fabulous Her Spirit Writing Retreat at the Chaminade Resort & Spa in Santa Cruz California.
On Never Miss A Monday, host Stacey Garcia, a fellow breast cancer survivor, asked Leslie the most intimate questions ever addressed in 100+
interviews. In this episode, Leslie describes her journey from diagnosis to advocacy and everything in between, from body image to life balance. Being diagnosed with a disease really wakes you up to making sure you’re living the life you desire. How? Listen to Never Miss A Monday on your favorite podcast platform or here: https://tinyurl.com/neverMisspodcast
Patti Callahan Henry stopped by to celebrate her instant NYT bestseller, The Story She Left Behind. Not only is Patti a long time friend, but she’s a fellow Truby story structure fan, so they had lots to chat about. And her prose is so lovely, Leslie underlined sentences in this book. #mustread!
What a treat to be a guest author at the Zibby Retreat in Santa Barbara! How often do you get to spend quality time with authors like Natasha Sizlo, Nanda Reddy, Cathy Heller, Laura Cathcart Robbins, even Kristin Hannah (pictured, with Zibby Owens on the right). Leslie joined readers and writers from all over North America for a weekend of formal interviews, casual conversation, and gourmet meals. It was a book lover’s heaven.
Leslie hosted a discussion with Janice Kaplan (The Gratitude Diaries) about her insightful new book, What Your Body Knows About Happiness, at Zibby’s Bookshop in Santa Monica. Check out the livestream here.
Interviewing NYT Bestselling author Meghan O’Rourke At the Saratoga Book Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York.
At Prairie Lights with author Beth Howard (The World Needs More Pie and the hit documentary PIEOWA), in Iowa City, Iowa.
The A Boob’s Life Paperback book release was hosted by Cassandra Lane (We Are Bridges), Editor in Chief of LA Parent.
Leslie hosted John Truby’s pub party at Barnes and Noble at the Grove. Anatomy of Genres: How Story Shapes Explain How the World Works is a follow-up to the writers’ bible, Anatomy of Story. Leslie edited this masterpiece, an instant classic that reached #1 in four categories on Amazon. (photo by Diana Daniele)
Featured News for A BOOB’S LIFE
Entertainment Tonight included A Boob’s Life as one of the books by “trailblazing women… changing the world.” Read here.
People Magazine – Best New Books
Glamour Magazine – The 10 Best New Books to Read in March read here.
Good Morning America’s Must Read Books for March. You can read it here.
Katie Couric’s Wake-Up Call newsletter announces her book expert, Zibby Owen’s, 37 Books That Got Me Through Quarantine.
A Few of Leslie’s favorite Author Profiles
NYTimes Wirecutter: How a Boob expert Shops For Bras. NYTimes calls Leslie a “boob expert”. Read here.
Authors Guild Member Spotlight with Leslie. Read the Q and A here.
10 Things Leslie Lehr Cannot Live Without according to Sophisticated Living writer Amelia Jeffers. Read the article here.
The Wrap –
NY Post –
https://nypost.com/2021/02/04/salma-hayeks-new-project-a-boobs-life-in-works-at-hbo-max/
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