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Lani Leary

Lani Leary
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Lani Leary

Dr. Lani Leary has over twenty-five years of experience as a psychotherapist working with chronically ill, dying, and bereaved clients. She served as the director of mental health services at Whitman Walker AIDS clinic, as a professor of Death Studies... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. To love and be of service to just one person is to love and serve the world.
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My life in 8 words: "A simple servant and witness to heaven on earth"
March 12, 2012
It was a great honor to share my perspective that "No One Has To Die Alone" at the recent TEDx Honolulu event.  To view, go to...
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No One Has to Die Alone will be released on April 10, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 10, 2012
No One Has to Die Alone is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 10, 2012
Author Voices:
Speaking to TED audiences
Mar 13, 2012
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Author Revealed Answer:
Is there a book you love to reread?
Mar 13, 2012
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your motto or maxim?
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
Author Revealed Answer:
Who are your favorite authors?
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 13, 2012

Lani Leary Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. To love and be of service to just one person is to love and serve the world. Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers? A. Perseverence is more valuable than creativity. Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time? A. Expecting Adam, by Martha Beck
The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner

Illusions, by Richard Bach

Talk Before Sleep, by Elizabeth Berg

Prince of Tides, Pay Conroy
Q. Is there a book you love to reread? A. Illusions by Richard Bach Q. Who are your favorite authors? A. Pat Conroy
William Faulkner

Elizabeth Berg
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PublishersWeekly.com, April 6, 2012
...Suzanne Weber (Atria, $16; ISBN 978-1451660654). No One Has to Die Alone: Preparing for a Meaningful Death by Lani Leary (Atria/Beyond Words, $15; ISBN 978-1-58270-352-7). Last Will by Liza Marklund, trans. from the Swedish by Neil Smith (Atria/Emily...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 6, 2012
...Suzanne Weber (Atria, $16; ISBN 978-1451660654). No One Has to Die Alone: Preparing for a Meaningful Death by Lani Leary (Atria/Beyond Words, $15; ISBN 978-1-58270-352-7). Last Will by Liza Marklund, trans. from the Swedish by Neil Smith (Atria/Emily...