After a distinguished 46-year career as a property and flood insurance expert, Leesa O’Donnell Tomsett retired in 2025 to pursue her passion for storytelling. She is the author of the non-fiction work An Anthology of Loss, Healing, and Resilience, and three children’s books: Clara and Karen’s Big Adventure: A Guardian Angel Story,The ABC’s of the Fairy Realm., and Camp Unity. She is currently at work on her next book.
Leesa holds a BA from the University of the Incarnate Word. While a native New Orleanian at heart, she currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband, son, and their family pets.here.
After a distinguished 46-year career as a property and flood insurance expert, Leesa O’Donnell Tomsett retired in 2025 to pursue her passion for storytelling. She is the author of the non-fiction work An Anthology of Loss, Healing, and Resilience, and three children’s books: Clara and Karen’s Big Adventure: A Guardian Angel Story,The ABC’s of the Fairy Realm., and Camp Unity. She is currently at work on her next book.
What do you do when life breaks your heart not once, but over and over again for fifty years?
In An Anthology of Loss, Healing, and Resilience, Leesa O'Donnell Tomsett opens the deeply private pages of her lifelong journal to map a journey through the formatting shadows of grief. This intimate memoir chronicles five decades of devastating,...
Can one summer camp change the way we see the world?
Discover the heartwarming story of Camp Unity, where differences aren’t things to fear—they are stories to be celebrated!
Nestled deep in the beautiful mountains of Colorado lies a very special place where the campfires are bright and the doors are open to everyone. This summer, five...
Magical & Adventurous: A colorful chase. A lost puppy. And a secret protector who must break the ultimate rule to save them.
Little Karen has a big imagination and an even bigger sense of adventure. When a dazzling rainbow appears, she and her playful puppy, Sandy, can’t resist chasing it. But the rainbow fades, leaving them lost, alone, and...
Unbroken Threads is my first adult fiction novella. The outline for the story lives on a napkin, scribed while enjoying a delicious Irish breakfast beer more than 30 years ago....
AN ENCHANTING TALE OF FAITH, FAMILY, AND THE UNSEEN ANGELS WHO WATCH OVER OUR DEAREST DREAMS.
I said I have been busy, and I meant it. Clara and Karen A Christmas Story was a children's book I wrote over 30 years ago that need beautiful artwork to compliment the words! Thanks to REVE, an AI app, I was able to design beautiful images that brought the words on the page to life! If you recall, I previously published Clara and Karen's Big Adventure (also available on Amazon in ebook and...
Two lives shattered by a single tragic second. One soul bound by an impossible choice.
I have completed the final draft of my unpublished manuscript Unbroken Threads, which serves as my first adult metaphysical fiction! The manuscript is now in the hands of a trusted cousin and niece to read to provide their brutally honest opinion of the book, though I had to warn them that it moved me to tears on more than one occasion during the creative process. This is a book imagined over 30 years ago,...
I just returned from New Orleans visiting my family and eating some good food!
While there, I revised my author page, which I think is much easier to read, and I like the green background! I also took the opportunity to test the children’s books on real kids in the intended age group. My great-niece Caroline just started 5th grade, and her friend Avery is in 6th grade. Both loved Clara and Karen’s Big Adventure and The ABCs of the Fairy Realm. While Caroline and Avery also loved Camp Unity,...
