Raised in West Hollywood, Leslie began working in film and television at ten. She later studied at The Joffrey Ballet School and at The Neighborhood Playhouse. She is a member of The American Renaissance Theatre Company, as an actress and playwright. Essays: The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Salon, The Millions, Electric Literature, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Longreads, and others. Short stories: Thriller Magazine and Apocalypse Confidential.
Selected work
THE DERBY
Apocalypse Confidential, 2025
The Organization of Your Bookshelves Tells Its Own Story
The Atlantic, 2022
Waiting for Alice - Longreads
2020
Trauma, Storytelling, and Time Travel - Electric Literature
Electric Literature , 2017
A Thing of Beauty
Vela, 2015
House Un-American - Longreads
Longreads, 2019
What Does a 'Sweeney Todd' Revival Owe Us?
2023
This Is How You Pick Up a Phone (Published 2017)
2017
