Leslie Larson

Leslie Larson (born 1956) is an American novelist. Originally working in the publishing industry, she began working as a freelancer while writing fiction. She wrote two novels: Slipstream and Breaking Out of Bedlam (2010). She is a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, receiving both nominations for the former novel.

Biography Larson was born in 1956 in San Diego to a working-class family. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California, San Diego. She won a Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice award in 2006.

In 2010, Larson wrote another novel titled Breaking Out of Bedlam, focusing on an elderly assisted living facility resident as well as both her past and the present.

Larson has worked at University of California Press as a senior writer.