Dr. Leggie [Leh 'jee] Boone is a Forensic Analyst, Author, and Educator. Leggie primarily works as an Administrator, supervising the examination of evidence for fingerprints, shoe prints, and tire tracks for comparison and identification and arrestee intake biometric data collection. She has spent over 30 years in the forensic science field as a Crime Scene Investigator, Volunteer Autopsy Technician, Educator, and Pattern Analyst. Dr. Boone's main fields of interest are vicarious traumatization, organizational support and civilian relations, implicit bias in crime scene attendance, personal impact of law enforcement suicide, and active dreaming. Having an array of tragedies in her mental slide show of crime scenes, Leggie adopted her methods of decompression to include writing songs and crime scene poetry, singing, and journaling graphically detailed dreams, culminating into the Dear Dream Maker series.Dr. Boone has collaborated on the publishing of the forensic textbook, So You Want to Be a CSI, with two other former CSIs and Kendall Hunt Publishing. She has also coauthored and published Fox Tails: Short, Short Stories Written While Puppysitting, and she has multiple poems and song lyrics published in books and magazines. Someday, My Prints Will Come is the publication she has produced with student involvement, functioning as a learning tool and activity book focused on the study of fingerprints. Dear Dream Maker: The Sleeper Must Awaken is volume two in her series, also available. Dr. Boone has taught as an adjunct professor with Keiser University in Florida, and as contributing faculty with Walden University, in the Forensic Psychology programs. She has also been an invited speaker in many international conferences, including the Global Science Guild, Worldwide Association of Women Forensic Experts, and the Caribbean Association of Forensic Sciences, and she is a Senior Adjunct Faculty member for the Sherlock Institute of Forensic Sciences, India.Through it all, she still dreams vividly, producing volumes for interpretation, enlightenment or entertainment. Dr. Boone is inspired bythe constant support of her mother and daughter, both named Leggie, and she is driven by her faith to be an author, a leader, and anagent of social change.
