Plum Blossoms

About the Book

PLUM BLOSSOMS is about a young American woman, a Department of the Army Civilian posted to Occupied Japan, who carries a letter from a stranger she meets in Seattle to an unknown man in Tokyo. As a result she is caught in a Japanese plot to rid the country of the American Occupation Forces.

About the Author

Elizabeth McNeill-Leicester made her career in the U. S. Foreign Service. She served as a Department of Army Civilian (DAC) in Occupied Japan, and in Public Relations for the Military Mission for Aid to Turkey in Ankara. The remainder of her career she served in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and was posted to the American Embassy in Iran, Pakistan, India, Senegal, Colombia and a second tour in Iran. Between Senegal and Colombia she took a sabbatical and studied French Civilization at the Sorbonne. She retired in 1969 and now lives in Fort Lauderdale with her husband, retired Royal Air Force pilot, Anthony Leicester, whom she met over her patio fence when she settled in Florida.