LESLIE BRADFORD-SCOTT
About Leslie Bradford-Scott
I’m an award-winning writer and the retired founder of Walton Wood Farm, a multimillion-dollar personal care company I built from my laundry room after my life fell apart. That’s the short version.
The longer version involves escaping an destructive marriage with nothing but determination, selling cars on 100% commission to feed my kids, and scribbling scenes onto Post-it notes between customers. Ninety days later, I had a romantic comedy screenplay that would go on to win at the Moondance International Film Festival. It taught me that creativity doesn’t wait for perfect conditions or tidy routines. It blooms in the cracks — between dirty laundry, overdue bills, and bedtime stories.
The Story Behind The Liar’s Playbook
My memoir combines two investigations:
First, I examine my father’s alleged connections to a secret life as an informant for the United States government.
Second, I explore how family myths echo across generations — shaping who we become, what we believe, and which stories we cling to when the truth feels too dangerous to face.
It digs into the lies we’re raised with, the ones we tell ourselves to survive, and what happens when those narratives collide.
After building Walton Wood Farm from a desperate single mother’s escape fantasy into an international brand — cold-calling gift shops with fifty-pound cases of bath salts and nearly going bankrupt more than once — I thought I understood reinvention.
Then my mother handed me my father’s hidden manuscript.
Turns out, some stories demand to be told whether you’re ready or not.
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Life Beyond the Page
I’m a pilot — recently retired from my wings — and when I’m not working on my next writing project, you’ll find me:
playing guitar
kayaking and swimming
mountain biking
travelling
spending time with my family
reading
Welcome to my world, where even the memoir comes with an unreliable narrator — because sometimes that’s the only honest way to tell the truth.