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September 2010

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I was born in South Africa, raised in Dublin, Ireland and moved to Cork in my 20’s. While living in beautiful Kinsale, Co Cork I discovered a love of writing. I write mainly for the young adult market. My current book, The Carrier of the Mark, prompted me to abandon my ‘riveting’ career in corporate treasury and have been writing ever since. I have another three books in the Carrier series and a few other projects I'm working on. My family and I now share our time between Ireland and the US.

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I was born in Durban, South Africa. My parents moved back to Ireland while I was still very young. I grew up in the Dublin Mountains, just outside of Dublin city. I went to a convent school, with nuns, uniforms, gabardines and...more In short

I was born in South Africa, raised in Dublin, Ireland and moved to Cork in my 20’s. While living in beautiful Kinsale, Co Cork I discovered a love of writing. I write mainly for the young adult market. My current book, The Carrier of the Mark, prompted me to abandon my ‘riveting’ career in corporate treasury and have been writing ever since. I have another three books in the Carrier series and a few other projects I'm working on. My family and I now share our time between Ireland and the US.

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I was born in Durban, South Africa. My parents moved back to Ireland while I was still very young. I grew up in the Dublin Mountains, just outside of Dublin city. I went to a convent school, with nuns, uniforms, gabardines and gym slips, we’re talking the works!

After school, I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, so I did a one year business course and got a good solid job in a bank while I was trying to figure out what direction I was going to take. Luckily, the bank was good to me. I made some great lifelong friends and moved around a bit getting loads of experience.

I then met the love of my life, a Navy man none-the-less and moved to Cork where he was based. I managed to worm my way into a treasury position in really good corporate multinational company and the world became my oyster. I did a diploma in accountancy and finance and for two years I travelled Europe working in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, England, Germany and Italy. It was an amazing experience. I met some wonderful people and had a chance to sample the culture and life of all those countries and their amazing residents.

After my second child was born, I decided to take a step back from the corporate world and travel, to a quieter more sedate life at home. Well at least I thought it would be quieter, but how wrong was I? It wasn’t long until I was gasping to get back to work and leave my adorable darlings in the safe hands of a childminder. But just as I was getting ready to take the corporate world by storm again, along came number three and four in one giant identical bundle. That put paid to any intentions I had of returning to work, but I think it was a blessing in disguise. It was the pure unrelenting torment of four children under the age of six that drove me to escapism, and that escapism manifested itself as writing. And for that, to my children, I will always be grateful.

My husband (no longer in Navy) was transferred with the company he was working for, to the US for a couple of years. So we have moved temporarily to Massachusetts, travelling back and forth between our homes here in the US and in Ireland. It’s a tough life, but sure somebody has to do it.(less)

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Average rating: 3.55 · 6,231 ratings · 1,206 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	Carrier of the Mark (Carrier Trilogy, #1) 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 5,888 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Of The Mark (Carrier, #2) 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 116 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Age of the Fifth (Carrier, #3) 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes by Nina Berry (Goodreads Author), Sarwat Chadda, Shannon Delany (Goodreads Author) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Carrier (3 books)
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Leigh Fallon liked Angela's review of Shadow Of The Mark (Carrier, #2): " This series had a beautiful start! I can not wait to see what the future holds for this group of characters. Here to hoping it will get released earlier. "
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Leigh Fallon liked Wendy Higgins's review of Shadow Of The Mark (Carrier, #2): " I critiqued Leigh's first draft and I can't wait to read the final book!!! Very seldom to I love a sequel more than the original, but now and then it happens, and this is one of those times. :) "
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“This is going to sound crazy, but... from the moment I first set eyes on you I haven't been able to stop thinking about you.”
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“Don't worry about it. I'd have dumped me too if I was on a romantic date with that!”
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“Good morning, beautiful, call when you're awake. xx Adam.”
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message 24: by Eddle

19 de Nov 08:31

when is the next book in the carrier of the mark series comin out?

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19 de Nov 08:31

yeah! lol!

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message 22: by Whitney

24 de Jun 18:33

Jumping up and down!!! I'm friends with Leigh, I'm friends with Leigh.......woohoo

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message 21: by Christine

7 de Jun 04:35

thanks for being my friend

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message 20: by Eddle

13 de May 09:11

heya!

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message 19: by Graeme

13 de Abr 14:42

Hi Leigh, Thank you for your kind friendship.

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message 18: by Shelley (Bella)

25 de Ene 21:58

Thanks so much for adding me, Leigh! I loved CoTM! Was one of my favorite reads of 2011. Can't wait for book #2!

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message 17: by Amber

13 de Dic 07:11

Hi Leigh,

Just wanted to THANK YOU for the add! REALLY loved your book and can't wait for the next one!

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message 16: by Leigh

11 de Dic 06:38

Hylary wrote: "I chose "Carrier of the Mark" as best fantasy novel of 2011 on my blog! http://libraryladyhylary.blogspot.com..."

I saw that earlier this week!! Thank you so much. I've RT'd and FB'd.
Woohoo!

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message 15: by Hylary

9 de Dic 11:27

I chose "Carrier of the Mark" as best fantasy novel of 2011 on my blog! http://libraryladyhylary.blogspot.com...

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message 14: by Fabi Emi

7 de Dic 19:06

Hi Leigh
Thanks for the add =]

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message 13: by Leigh

7 de Dic 07:14

Carly wrote: "Hey Leigh, Thanks for accepting my friendship. loved Carrier Of The Mark, Can't wait for Dawn of the Knights. :)

http://fictionfascination.blogspot.com/"

Thanks Carly!!

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message 12: by Carly

7 de Dic 07:06

Hey Leigh, Thanks for accepting my friendship. loved Carrier Of The Mark, Can't wait for Dawn of the Knights. :)

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message 11: by Katie

20 de Nov 11:36

Hi Leigh, thankyou for accepting my friend request! I loved Carrier of the Mark, and I can't wait to see what happens between Megan and Adam in Dawn of the Knights! :D

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message 10: by Gina (Fantasia Books)

10 de Nov 09:02

thank you for accepting my friend request :D i fell in love with your book and found it an amazing read! I cannot wait to see what happens with Adam and Megan :) i also love your style of writing!!

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message 9: by Branwen

28 de Oct 04:34

Hi Leigh! Just wanted to tell you that I finished Carrier of the Mark last night and absolutely LOVED it! Can't wait to see what happens next with Adam and Megan! Keep up the great work! :)

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message 8: by Leigh

26 de Oct 20:07

Thanks Becca!

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message 7: by Becca

26 de Oct 19:07

Thanks for your friendship!!! Congrats on Carrier's feedback...well deserved!

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message 6: by Ivanna

1 de Ago 17:19

Hey.!
I would just like to say thanks very much for taking part in the hunt.! I really enjoyed it.! I found lots of great new books to read.! Im looking forward to reading your book.! Thanks again,
ivanna.! :)

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4 de May 09:48

hi leigh, this is ascension coronado rodriguez author of la casa bruja, witch house; alien raising antichrist boy. thank you for being friends take care.

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message 4: by Sangria

24 de Abr 17:33

Thanks for your friendship, Leigh! :D

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message 3: by Aleeeeeza

1 de Mar 07:30

also, your book sounds VERY interesting. can't wait to read it!

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message 2: by Aleeeeeza

1 de Mar 07:29

hello! thanks for the add :)

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8 de Feb 14:27

Hi Leigh - Thank you for your friendship!
Please visit my website http://www.peteradarkenedfairytale.co.uk
to view a sample page and many other snippets about the book.
Expected release date Feb/Mar.
Best wishes, William

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