The Dog Pound - Author

Leigh Anne Florence, author of the popular "Woody Book" series and best known as Woody and Chloe's mommy, is Kentucky through and through. A native of Murray, Kentucky, Florence is a 1990 graduate of Calloway County High School. In 1996 she received her Masters Of Music Education from Murray State University. She now resides in Shepherdsville, KY with husband Ron, Chloe, Woody, Frannie the Body Guard, Wally the puppy, two labs, and a cat.

After seven years of public school teaching, Florence resigned from her teaching duties to concentrate on the Woody series. Leigh Anne along with Ron, Chloe, and Woody spend their days in the Kentucky schools, libraries, and other venues speaking on Woody's Five Ways to Be Successful and Woody's Five Ways to Improve Writing. In addition to schools and libraries, Leigh Anne has become an on-demand speaker for church events, womens’ groups, and community organizations.

Some useless facts about Leigh Anne:

She has had pets of all shapes and sizes including a squirrel named Sammy and a pet crab named Herman.

She is a sap for The Hallmark Channel and classic sitcoms — particularly I Love Lucy.

In addition to reading books, Leigh Anne loves reading phone books and maps. (When she was 10 years old, she read the entire Calloway County phone book just to look at the interesting names.)

She loves research, facts, statistics, and useless information. (Did you know goats don’t have upper front teeth? 96% of people put the peanut butter on first when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?)

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