Catherine Leggitt is a wife, mother of three, grandmother of five, author, and editor presently residing in northern California. After nine moves in twenty-two years, she tries to keep an open mind to the high probability that another relocation looms somewhere in her future. With a gypsy for a husband, it's best not to put down deep roots. Besides, Catherine has discovered that frequent moving is a great way to keep the closets clean. A lifelong lover of fiction, she taught elementary school during her first career, which allowed her a legitimate venue for play-acting and telling stories.

Six years ago, Catherine began writing Christine Sterling's Golden Years during a horrible summer while living in her dream house in scenic Grass Valley, California, the setting for Christine's adventures. Instead of being joy-filled at her magnificent blessings, menopause had addled her brain, drained her joy, and changed her personality. Friends abandoned her. Fearful for his life, her husband sought alternate  lodging in a different part of the house. God, in His magnanimous mercy, provided a a perfect distraction at the keyboard.
                                                                      
                           The character of Zora Jane Callahan in Christine Sterling's Golden Years is compiled from three wonderful 
women.  One of them is Catherine's mother-in-law, Zora Jane. She is always impeccably dressed as in this picture taken on her 80th birthday. 

         You can't see them, but she was wearing matching lime green shoes.  

Kids and Grandkids

                                 Molly

Catherine wrote a tribute to a great dog in Christine Sterling's Golden Years. Maybe once in a lifetime, a really exceptional dog comes along. That was Molly. Winsome and gentle, eager to please and amazingly intelligent, in the twelve years Molly lived in the Leggitt household, she never failed to delight. A wonderful companion, Molly would have made a fine sleuthing partner.



She  died  on her birthday, June 30, 2005. The Leggitt's miss their brown-eyed girl every day.

In Payne & Misery, Christine attended a cowboy mounted shooting event. Catherine's husband Bob has been involved with mounted shooting for 6 years. Ranger, the Morgan stallion, was his first horse. This picture shows Bob in cowboy mounted shooting costume. He won best costume at the CMSA World Championship in 2004.


In this photo, Bob and Ranger led the parade at SASS headquarters. (SASS stands for Single Action Shooting Society.)