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Lani Leary
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Lani Leary

Dr. Lani Leary has over twenty-five years of experience as a psychotherapist working with chronically ill, dying, and bereaved clients. She served as the director of mental health services at Whitman Walker AIDS clinic, as a professor of Death Studies... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. To love and be of service to just one person is to love and serve the world.
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Lani Leary Revealed
Revealing Questions
Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. A simple servant and witness to heaven on earth
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. To love and be of service to just one person is to love and serve the world.
On Books and Writing
Q. Who are your favorite authors?
A. Pat Conroy
William Faulkner

Elizabeth Berg
Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
A. Expecting Adam, by Martha Beck
The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner

Illusions, by Richard Bach

Talk Before Sleep, by Elizabeth Berg

Prince of Tides, Pay Conroy
Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
A. Illusions by Richard Bach
Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
A. Perseverence is more valuable than creativity.
Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
A. "I wish I had read this book sooner."