Born and raised in Ithaca, New York, Leslie Erdman received degrees at Bryn Mawr College and Cornell University. She lives near Washington, DC and her work exhibits regularly in DC and New York. Erdman has taught literature and theater at private and public schools, and she has lived, worked and traveled extensively.

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Her illustrated novel The Conversation Class: An American in Revolutionary Russia is a work in progress reflecting Erdman's explorations as an artist and printmaker.