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LESLIE COMPTON
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Retired professional musician, music teacher, elementary teacher and  childbirth educator and has taught several courses on memoir writing. I am a writer of non-fiction, collecting historic postcards and doing research. While researching the Great White Fleet I wrote an article  for the Post Card Collector.  In my spare time I enjoy fabric-art and quilting as well as attending classes at SOU through OLLI in Southern Oregon.  I am currently working on my fourth book, living in Talent, Oregon.

BOOKS BY LESLIE COMPTON

Available from First Steps Publishing Bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online bookstores. Available in Print and eBook.

That's Just the Way Life Is... A Memoir by Leslie Compton

That’s Just the Way Life Is… A Memoir

Dearest Minnie, a sailor's story about the Great White Fleet by Leslie Compton

Dearest Minnie, a sailor’s story

More About Leslie Compton

News & Highlights: Lincoln City, Oregon News Times Community Section 9-15-17

Novel Ideas Lead to Sales, Oregon Authors, News Times

JPR - Jefferson Public Radio, Oregon

Leslie Compton Author Interview on JPR, Jefferson Public Radio

Leslie Compton, Author

PRESS RELEASE: Dearest Minnie, A Sailor’s Story

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