Leslie Larson is the author of two novels, Slipstream and Breaking out of Bedlam, both published by Shaye Areheart/Crown in the US. Bedlam, which was translated as Bons Baisers de Cora Sledge, has been a 2012 bestseller in France, where it was published by 10/18-Univers Poche. Leslie has also published articles and reviews in O: The Oprah Magazine, The Women's Review of Books, Faultine, The Writer, The East Bay Express and other publications. She has taught writing at Sandra Cisneros's Macondo Workshop and at San Diego's Writers Ink. Leslie lives in Berkeley, California.