Barbara Leachman was in public education for 23 years. When she retired, she worked as a chiropractic assistant and became a certified health care counselor. After her retirement in 1996 she began to fulfill her lifelong dream to write her first novel. In 1997 her husband passed away.
She won an award for a poem she wrote entitled "The Savor" which is her idea what it may be like when a person reaches Heaven and sees the Saviour.
In 2003 she married a widower she had known since sixth grade. Her first book, "The Demise of Bobby Mac" was published in 2006. She has three e-books: A Penny Found and Plugged Nickel are detective mysteries and "A Place of Rest" Die is a memoir. "Liberty's Promise" is an inspirational historical novel set during the Revolutionary War. She's is currently writing a sequel titled "Betsy's Promise."
She and her husband are retired and live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Together they have six children, 13 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a grand-horse and numerous grand-dogs. They are involved in their church and with a local children’s home.
