About

Leigh Shalloway has a Psychology Degree from Emory University and earned a Master of Arts degree in Counseling and School Psychology from Seattle University.

Following graduation, she interned at the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change and worked as a Psychologist for Sammamish schools. She is also a holistic care practitioner who trained other practitioners and taught hospice volunteers various methodologies for helping their patients.

Leigh lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and four grown children. Journey Back to You is the first novel in the Hilltown Trilogy. Learn more at www.hilltownseries.com.

“The Hilltown Series was born from the quiet resilience that lives in every woman who dares to rebuild her life.”
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Family Means Everything

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Proud Mom & Son 
Our family at our son's wedding
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is our favorite place to be

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