Leslie A. Rasmussen

Leslie A. Rasmussen is the award-winning author of the novel After Happily Ever After, The Stories We Cannot Tell, and When People Leave. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA. She went on to write television comedies for Gerald McRaney, Burt Reynolds, Roseanne Barr, Norm McDonald, Drew Carey, as well as The Wild Thornberrys and Sweet Valley High. After leaving the business to raise her boys, she obtained a master's degree in nutrition and ran her own business for ten years. Recently, she’s written over twenty essays for Huffington Post and Maria Shriver and spoken on panels discussing empowering women in midlife. Leslie is a member of the Writers Guild of America, as well as Women in Film and the UCLA Alumni Association. In her free time, Leslie loves to read, exercise, and hang out with friends. She lives in Southern California, is married, and has two sons.