“Leslie Lehr is a truth teller - a rare writer who untangles the realities of women's lives without flinching, while making you laugh, cry, and nod in understanding with every word."
--Leslie Morgan Steiner

Leslie Lehr is a prize-winning novelist whose new book, Wife Goes On, is the story of four women who help each other live happier, ever after.

Lehr's first novel, 66 Laps, won the Pirates Alley Faulkner Prize. Leslie’s nonfiction books include Welcome to Club Mom, The Happy Helpful Grandma Guide, and Wendy Belissimo: Nesting, featured on "Oprah."

Her essay, “I Hate Everybody,” from Mommy Wars, was lauded by Katie Couric; “Parenting Paranoia” was excerpted in Arianna Huffington’s On Becoming Fearless, and "Welcome to the Club" from The Honeymoon's Over, was the inspiration for her new novel.

Lehr's film, "Heartless," a romantic thriller, financed five other films for Santa Monica Pictures and is screening in Europe for the sixth year after a 3 year run on USA-TV.

With an MFA from Antioch and a B.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts, she teaches in the Writers Program at UCLA Extension and is a contributor to the series Now Write.

A member of the Authors Guild, WGA, Women in Film, Pen, AWP, USC Cinema-TV Alumni, and the Women's Leadership Council of Los Angeles, Lehr is a popular panelist at events ranging from the L.A. Times Festival of Books, the Words & Music Conference in New Orleans, the Women’s Filmmakers Symposium, and Artsday LA.

Lehr, who grew up in Ohio, lives in southern California, where she continues to explore the dark and light sides of contemporary women.

“A celebration of second acts wrapped up in a humorous, heartfelt homage to the power of friendship.” - Arianna Huffington, On Becoming Fearless