Leslie Rieser was born in Rhodesia(now Zimbabwe) in 1962. She moved to live in South Africa in 1979 where she later married. She now lives in Switzerland with my husband, and teaches English to foreign speaking children. She loves children and enjoys teaching them. Her love for children is clearly indicated in her books, which also contain a number of moral messages and are very exciting and action-packed. In February 2010 "Henny and His Extraordinary Rollerblades" was released. "Grandy the Grandfather Clock" is her second children's novel.