Writing her way: Lehigh woman using talent to her advantage
MEL TOADVINE Crescencia Leon Medhurst with her e-book cover.
A Lehigh Acres woman says she is writing books to get out of debt.
“What else can I do with the job situation being what it is? It is difficult to find a job,” said Crescencia Leon Medhurst, who is also known to her readers as Chriss Leon.
Her readers may wonder what has happened and where Leon is today. The truth of her existence, she says, is that she has been living in Southwest Florida for the last 14 years – writing.
Her most recent fictional novel is “Blood and Love under a Tropical Moon” and it is for sale as an e-book on Kindle Amazon Select for $2.99.
Medhurst has been a writer, editor and journalist for more than 15 years. A recipient of a literary award for arts and culture in the Caribbean and an outstanding columnist on political and social news, she lives in her condo in Lehigh, along with her son, Nicholas Medhurst.
The novel is set in the islands of the Caribbean, but does not specify any specific island in the Caribbean. The main character in the novel is Paige Wellington, a woman who has waited 25 years to solve the cold case assassination of her grandfather, Capt. Emmanuel Lawson.
“The young woman is no match for the wealthy white landowner on the Caribbean island, who now resides in New York City as a financier on Wall Street,” said Nicholas Medhurst, a loyal reader and critic of his mother’s books.
Against the dramatic events of April 1981 in New York City and the dynamic political changes internationally in the changing international landscape, Paige attracts the attention of New York agents while on a two-week visit and halts an insidious plot involving the sale of illegal military equipment to a rebel leader in South America, he said.
Medhurst has experience in writing, going back to 1960 when she interviewed a visiting celebrity pianist while in Queens High School in Jamaica.
She said that when the article was published, the British headmistress of the school was shocked that a16-year-old would do such an outrageous act, in the novel called “Outrageous.”
But it was the bedrock of Medhurst’s life, a rebel, she said.
“Rebel was the name of the game and life was the spice of living,” she said.
Sixteen years before migrating to the United States, Medhurst worked with the leading newspaper in Jamaica as a writer and reporter. Behind her was six years of fine arts in Mexico and on her home turf.
After a stint at marriage and motherhood, which lasted eight years, Medhurst said she moved on with her life.
She settled down in Lehigh with eight books in the rough. She also tried to work at a large chain supermarket and with a number of non-profit organizations before she was able to get her U.S. citizenship.
“Settling down to the humdrum of a non-incorporated community, without a movie theater in town was like putting the singer Beyonce down on a farmyard,” Medhurst said.
Over her lifetime, Medhurst said she has interviewed many personalities, such as film star Charlton Heston, Democrat politician and then-Vice President Walter Mondale, Attorney Johnny Cochrane, film star Steve McQueen and many others.
Medhurst added a little more to the fictional story of her book:
“It’s a story of romance, politics, passion and a society of poverty and wealth.
“Page Wellington is a graduate student a visit to New York City with a group of students from Mexico. Paige must deliver a secret message in a cipher to five investigative agencies. A special meeting with a white landowner, one or the most wealthy in the Caribbean is arranged. Paige, who was present when her grandfather was murdered, calls on old and new friends to help her unravel a cold case,”?she said.
To reach Medhurst, call (239) 369-5544 and she can tell you how to find the novel online.
Writing her way: Lehigh woman using talent to her advantage
MEL TOADVINE Crescencia Leon Medhurst with her e-book cover.
A Lehigh Acres woman says she is writing books to get out of debt.
“What else can I do with the job situation being what it is? It is difficult to find a job,” said Crescencia Leon Medhurst, who is also known to her readers as Chriss Leon.
Her readers may wonder what has happened and where Leon is today. The truth of her existence, she says, is that she has been living in Southwest Florida for the last 14 years – writing.
Her most recent fictional novel is “Blood and Love under a Tropical Moon” and it is for sale as an e-book on Kindle Amazon Select for $2.99.
Medhurst has been a writer, editor and journalist for more than 15 years. A recipient of a literary award for arts and culture in the Caribbean and an outstanding columnist on political and social news, she lives in her condo in Lehigh, along with her son, Nicholas Medhurst.
The novel is set in the islands of the Caribbean, but does not specify any specific island in the Caribbean. The main character in the novel is Paige Wellington, a woman who has waited 25 years to solve the cold case assassination of her grandfather, Capt. Emmanuel Lawson.
“The young woman is no match for the wealthy white landowner on the Caribbean island, who now resides in New York City as a financier on Wall Street,” said Nicholas Medhurst, a loyal reader and critic of his mother’s books.
Against the dramatic events of April 1981 in New York City and the dynamic political changes internationally in the changing international landscape, Paige attracts the attention of New York agents while on a two-week visit and halts an insidious plot involving the sale of illegal military equipment to a rebel leader in South America, he said.
Medhurst has experience in writing, going back to 1960 when she interviewed a visiting celebrity pianist while in Queens High School in Jamaica.
She said that when the article was published, the British headmistress of the school was shocked that a16-year-old would do such an outrageous act, in the novel called “Outrageous.”
But it was the bedrock of Medhurst’s life, a rebel, she said.
“Rebel was the name of the game and life was the spice of living,” she said.
Sixteen years before migrating to the United States, Medhurst worked with the leading newspaper in Jamaica as a writer and reporter. Behind her was six years of fine arts in Mexico and on her home turf.
After a stint at marriage and motherhood, which lasted eight years, Medhurst said she moved on with her life.
She settled down in Lehigh with eight books in the rough. She also tried to work at a large chain supermarket and with a number of non-profit organizations before she was able to get her U.S. citizenship.
“Settling down to the humdrum of a non-incorporated community, without a movie theater in town was like putting the singer Beyonce down on a farmyard,” Medhurst said.
Over her lifetime, Medhurst said she has interviewed many personalities, such as film star Charlton Heston, Democrat politician and then-Vice President Walter Mondale, Attorney Johnny Cochrane, film star Steve McQueen and many others.
Medhurst added a little more to the fictional story of her book:
“It’s a story of romance, politics, passion and a society of poverty and wealth.
“Page Wellington is a graduate student a visit to New York City with a group of students from Mexico. Paige must deliver a secret message in a cipher to five investigative agencies. A special meeting with a white landowner, one or the most wealthy in the Caribbean is arranged. Paige, who was present when her grandfather was murdered, calls on old and new friends to help her unravel a cold case,”?she said.
To reach Medhurst, call (239) 369-5544 and she can tell you how to find the novel online.
Writing her way: Lehigh woman using talent to her advantage
MEL TOADVINE Crescencia Leon Medhurst with her e-book cover.
A Lehigh Acres woman says she is writing books to get out of debt.
“What else can I do with the job situation being what it is? It is difficult to find a job,” said Crescencia Leon Medhurst, who is also known to her readers as Chriss Leon.
Her readers may wonder what has happened and where Leon is today. The truth of her existence, she says, is that she has been living in Southwest Florida for the last 14 years – writing.
Her most recent fictional novel is “Blood and Love under a Tropical Moon” and it is for sale as an e-book on Kindle Amazon Select for $2.99.
Medhurst has been a writer, editor and journalist for more than 15 years. A recipient of a literary award for arts and culture in the Caribbean and an outstanding columnist on political and social news, she lives in her condo in Lehigh, along with her son, Nicholas Medhurst.
The novel is set in the islands of the Caribbean, but does not specify any specific island in the Caribbean. The main character in the novel is Paige Wellington, a woman who has waited 25 years to solve the cold case assassination of her grandfather, Capt. Emmanuel Lawson.
“The young woman is no match for the wealthy white landowner on the Caribbean island, who now resides in New York City as a financier on Wall Street,” said Nicholas Medhurst, a loyal reader and critic of his mother’s books.
Against the dramatic events of April 1981 in New York City and the dynamic political changes internationally in the changing international landscape, Paige attracts the attention of New York agents while on a two-week visit and halts an insidious plot involving the sale of illegal military equipment to a rebel leader in South America, he said.
Medhurst has experience in writing, going back to 1960 when she interviewed a visiting celebrity pianist while in Queens High School in Jamaica.
She said that when the article was published, the British headmistress of the school was shocked that a16-year-old would do such an outrageous act, in the novel called “Outrageous.”
But it was the bedrock of Medhurst’s life, a rebel, she said.
“Rebel was the name of the game and life was the spice of living,” she said.
Sixteen years before migrating to the United States, Medhurst worked with the leading newspaper in Jamaica as a writer and reporter. Behind her was six years of fine arts in Mexico and on her home turf.
After a stint at marriage and motherhood, which lasted eight years, Medhurst said she moved on with her life.
She settled down in Lehigh with eight books in the rough. She also tried to work at a large chain supermarket and with a number of non-profit organizations before she was able to get her U.S. citizenship.
“Settling down to the humdrum of a non-incorporated community, without a movie theater in town was like putting the singer Beyonce down on a farmyard,” Medhurst said.
Over her lifetime, Medhurst said she has interviewed many personalities, such as film star Charlton Heston, Democrat politician and then-Vice President Walter Mondale, Attorney Johnny Cochrane, film star Steve McQueen and many others.
Medhurst added a little more to the fictional story of her book:
“It’s a story of romance, politics, passion and a society of poverty and wealth.
“Page Wellington is a graduate student a visit to New York City with a group of students from Mexico. Paige must deliver a secret message in a cipher to five investigative agencies. A special meeting with a white landowner, one or the most wealthy in the Caribbean is arranged. Paige, who was present when her grandfather was murdered, calls on old and new friends to help her unravel a cold case,”?she said.
To reach Medhurst, call (239) 369-5544 and she can tell you how to find the novel online.
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