About the Author

Leigh Marsden was born in Taupo, in the North Island of New Zealand. She completed her secondary education in Taupo before attending Auckland University, New Zealand. She took a wide range of literature and linguistic papers, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Linguistics. After travelling with her boyfriend, now husband, to England, she went back to Auckland University and gained a Masters Degree in Speech and Language Therapy. Two years after graduating, the travel bug struck again and Leigh set off to Europe with her husband. The pair landed jobs on a superyacht based in the Mediterranean and Leigh began her short career as a yacht stewardess. During her first few months aboard, she completed her erotic novel 'Scarlet' (yet to be published). Her experiences in the eighteen months onboard inspired her novel 'Beauty', which she wrote in Germany after leaving the yacht. Leigh then travelled to Canada, where she and her husband spent a winter as Innkeepers in a small ski lodge in British Columbia. They then returned home, and currently live in Geraldine, a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. Leigh writes both contemporary women's fiction and erotica.