{"id":1827,"date":"2022-02-03T09:26:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T09:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leezamcbride.com\/?page_id=1827"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:36:11","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leezamcbride.com\/?page_id=1827","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1827\" class=\"elementor elementor-1827\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9def314 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"9def314\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Leeza<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc9b14d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc9b14d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-155fcc5\" data-id=\"155fcc5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50cc877 elementor-widget 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.elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Leeza McBride is an award-winning author who was born and raised in the deep South.\u00a0 She started developing her writing career at an early age by making squiggles on paper before she knew her ABC\u2019s.\u00a0 She sold her first piece of writing in her early twenties.\u00a0 She loves that first smell of a book as you open its pages and the wonderful feel of it in your hands.\u00a0 Like most writers, her house is filled with books she\u2019s read countless times.\u00a0 In addition to writing, Ms. McBride is an award-winning photographer and specializes in nature and wildlife photography. \u00a0When not writing or stalking the local 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era veteran, grew up in the Deep South.\u00a0 She was born and raised in the countryside of Alabama.\u00a0 After graduating from Tuscaloosa County High School, Leeza joined the U.S. Air Force serving as a Medic during the Vietnam era.<\/p><p>After leaving the Air Force, she lived in several different states before settling in Iowa where she now lives with her little rescue dog, Buddy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e18596 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e18596\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bee402a\" data-id=\"bee402a\" 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Doesn\u2019t matter if you have one attendee or a hundred!\u00a0 And, if she\u2019s already visited you for a program, she\u2019ll do it again.\u00a0 Always love seeing old friends!<\/p><p>If you are interested in having \u201cLeeza McBride\u201d present a program for your library or need more information, please contact Leeza.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3525409 elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3525409\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/leeza@leezamcbride.com\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CONTACT 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