Dramatic Monologues (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781503366558)

Leni Sands was born in 1961 in Oldham, Lancashire, grew up in Macclesfield, Cheshire, where she still works and currently lives in the Staffordshire Moorlands. During the early 1990's, Leni worked as a Teaching Assistant specializing in children on the autistic spectrum before training to be a teacher of English. Her first book 'Tommy's Shadow' was written as a teaching reading tool for an autistic boy, obsessed with his own shadow. The story has been read (prior to publishing) and enjoyed by teachers and pupils in story time in local schools. 'Tommy meets Tom Thumb' and has proved a popular follow-up. More books by Leni Sands include 'Designing an inset teacher training package on the underlying causes of Autistic Spectrum Disorder' and 'Confession' the monologue which is an autobiographical account of a situation that could have got out of hand while she was studying at Manchester Metropolitan University and this edition of 'Dramatic Monologues' both of which are ideal for drama students to use when auditioning for dramatic roles. Leni writes regularly, for fun on Bubblews and Hubpages and is currently working on two autobiographical novels 'Dead Memories, Shattered Lives' and 'Watching and Waiting' due for e-release in 2016.