Leslie T. Dean has been a registered nurse for forty-one years. She has served as a Behavioral Health Counselor, Psychiatric Nurse Manager, and Pastoral Counselor. Her first novel, Forgiven Much, has experienced continued success in counseling centers and Pregnancy Resource Centers across the country helping women find hope at the foot of the cross. She has counseled victims of abuse, codependency, and abortion for over thirty years.

Through continued study and healing in her own life, she has discovered the plague that intergenerational trauma passes into families. Because of her personal experience in this area, and through her many contacts, she has found that an epidemic number of people have experienced some form of abuse in their childhood. Consequently, they often suffer with poor self-image, depression, substance abuse, relational dysfunction, and worse, the generational passing of the abuse baton. Ms. Dean has dedicated her life to assisting others in untangling this web of deceit and lead them to a place of healing.