Leslie Absher
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Leslie Absher

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Leslie Absher is a journalist and personal essay writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Salon, Ms., Greek Reporter, the Independent, the San Francisco Chronicle and elsewhere. She is a regular contributor to Ms. magazine online and also contributes regularly to the Global Reports section of the print edition of Ms. Her father joined the CIA before she was born. When she was a baby, her family moved to Athens, Greece. Just in time for a coup. She spent years trying to learn what her Cold War father’s role was in that event. Her memoir Spy Daughter, Queer Girl is about growing up with a spy and the cost of keeping secrets. She received a master’s in education from Harvard, taught G.E.D. to high school dropouts, and currently teaches study skills and writing to middle school and high school students. She lives in Oakland with her comic book writer/lawyer wife and an abundance of cats. ​
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