Jeffrey T. Leonards
Jeffrey T. Leonards, Ph.D. is a retired psychologist boasting a lifelong appreciation of creative literature. His own journey into writing for public consumption began in late adolescence with a published letter to the local newspaper. That led to his becoming a regular guest columnist to his undergraduate newspaper. As a young graduate student, Dr. Leonards had two monographs accepted for publication in peer-reviewed professional journals. Since then, he has remained active submitting guest commentaries to local and national news outlets, has published several journal articles, and was the former editor of The Maine Psychologist, a monthly guild issue.
A relative newcomer to fiction, Leonards published a debut novel, Fräulein: Struggle for
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