Leslie Joan Linder is an accomplished author based in Downeast Maine. Her non-fiction work has been featured in prominent Neo-pagan magazines such as SageWoman, Circle Sanctuary, and Witches & Pagans. With a flair for horror and science fiction, Leslie explores these genres in her fiction writing. Her poetry has appeared in various journals, zines, and anthologies, including Forage Poetry, Wicked Banshee, IMMIX, and Rat’s Ass Review. She has been a regular columnist for SageWoman Magazine and has contributed reviews and blogs to Witches & Pagans and Circle Sanctuary Magazines. Her horror novel, “Revenant: Blood Justice,” was published by Black Rose Writing in May 2017. Her feminist witchcraft book, “Spinstress Craft,” was published by Llewellyn Worldwide in 2021. Her horror and paranormal short stories have been published by several literary magazines and indie anthologies, such as those of Grinning Skull Press.
Leslie has been a dedicated domestic violence prevention professional since 2001, working with women and girls particularly on relationship issues. She integrates her experiences with spirituality and magick into her work, having taken two degrees of initiation from the Cabot Kent Hermetic Temple and being ordained through a three-year Priestess Training program at the Temple of the Feminine Divine in Bangor, Maine.
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Leslie Joan Linder was born in Albany, NY to Lyle Dean Linder and Mary Jane Linder. After their divorce, Leslie grew up in her mother’s home state of Maine, with regular visits to her father in places like Georgia, Nebraska, and New York. Her father was a United Methodist Minister and her mother was a freelance Real Estate Paralegal.
Leslie earned a Bachelor Degree in Sociology at Wayne State College in 1996.
Leslie earned a Masters Degree in Divinity (Theology) at Vanderbilt University in 1999.
Leslie is an Ordained Priestess through the Temple of the Feminine Divine in Bangor, Maine.
Leslie has worked as a Victim’s Advocate, Community and Youth Educator, and Child Welfare Consultant for Next Step Domestic Violence Project since 2001.
Leslie writes a lot about veganism and animal rights. Leslie became a vegetarian in 1997 while studying at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She became vegan by gradual stages, which culminated in a one-month “plunge,” meaning a PETA challenge that she did with a friend in 2011.
Leslie is a member of the following writing organizations:
New England Science Fiction Association
Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
National Writers Union: Boston Chapter
International Screenwriter’s Association (ISA)
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