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Lee Barnett was born in the Low Country of South Carolina, USA. She is best known for being an international fugitive, prisoner and felon, but most importantly she is known by her children as a devoted mother.
Lee’s work experience is a diverse as her life. She was a flight attendant, wine consultant and lastly worked in sales at the educational publishers Cengage, Pearson and Oxford University Press.

Her life has taken her around the world, but her home will always be where her children are.

Books by Lee Barnett

A Mother’s Promise

Lee Barnett eluded the FBI for almost two decades after fleeing the US with her young daughter, eventually settling on the Sunshine Coast. Then, after eighteen years, her luck ran out.

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