Lesley Finn is an American-British writer, artist, and educator based in Connecticut.

Her interests and interdisciplinary portfolio result from a background studying medieval manuscripts and early printed books, working in book arts and publishing, and teaching English, writing, and gender studies.

While a doctoral candidate at Columbia University she began training in book arts and left academia to pursue that creative work. She later earned an MFA from the University of British Columbia School of Creative Writing. She has served as Artist-in-Residence for the Connecticut Audubon Society, as an Eccles Centre Visiting Fellow at the British Library, and currently is Benjamin Franklin College’s Residential Writing Tutor at Yale University.

For inquiries or to connect, send a message to lesley@lesleyfinn.com.

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