Who is Patty Lesser?

You might be asking yourself, “Who is Patty Lesser? I can’t remember who she is.”

Let me reintroduce myself. I’m a world traveler, an animal lover, and a self-published author of 11 novels and 2 non-fiction books. I have been writing all my life, although I didn’t start publishing until about 20 years ago.
As soon as I could pick up a pencil, I’ve been writing. At the early age of 7, I started writing poems about dragons. I loved dragons.
During high school, I wrote a few more poems (some on my website) and then short stories, but I wasn’t very good at short stories.

When I was 19, I left Canada and backpacked around the world (Middle East, England, Europe, Caribbean, Ireland, USA, and Australia) for 25 years. I have also been across Canada. Many have asked me why I haven’t written a book about my travels. One reason: they were a long time ago and travelling has changed so much.

But in my latest novel, Murder at the Canadian National Exhibition, I do describe places I’ve travelled and things I’ve done on my journeys. I love to tell stories from my trips because I have been lucky to do some incredible things like bungy jumping in Cairns, Australia. But I was so scared during the jump, I didn’t remember it, so I went back up and jumped again. It was great!
When I returned to Canada, I found work as a legal assistant. I loved the law, but the work was never ending. After working in a few law firms, I wanted to write a book about legal assistants. There are lots of novels about lawyers, but no one writes about their secretaries. But I needed a plot. Then it hit me, a murder mystery because I had a few co-workers I would have loved to kill, see my novel Sister Innocent.

I was one of the few people who loved Covid. In 2020, I had 4 volunteer jobs (I could never say no) and I played tournament poker 3 days a week. I was exhausted and burnt out, but couldn’t stop any of it. Then Covid came and I got my break from the world. During that time, I wrote and self-published 5 books. It was truly an inspiring time for me.

Now, I live in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. I moved to this city 8 years ago, but I have only lived in this house for 2 years. I’m never moving again. I stopped counting at 50 places I’ve lived, and this is my first house, having mostly lived in apartments and townhouses. It’s the perfect house for me with a big backyard and lots of trees. I love trees.

Unfortunately, I just lost Odo. He was a beautiful grey/white cat of only 5 ½ years who only loved. He never did anything wrong, and just wanted to cuddle. I woke up last Sunday morning and he was dead. He was fine on Saturday, so this was a great shock. His brother Sisko seems okay, but he’s always been stoic. Molly, my Golden Retriever, played often with Odo. I have many pictures of them together.

I’m considering getting a female kitten who might bring some light back into our house. Odo was a big presence because he was so playful and sweet. One word for him was sunshine.

That’s a little about me. Tell me about you and comment on this post!

​Have a great day,
Patty