Malina Leslie is a red-headed giggle fest who recently graduated from
the University of Vermont with a BA in English and Art. She fuses the
two together to make comics, varying in length from one panel to
entire graphic essays. She is currently interning with the great
cartoonist Alison Bechdel and spends her summers working at a
river/rafting and outdoor gear store in Pennsylvania.  She has lived
for significant chunks of time on four of the seven continents and has
gotten really good at decorating envelopes because of it.  She has
recently become interested in the process of costume design and stamp
carving.  Originally from Hardwick, Vermont, this will be her first
time back at GIA since she was a student there in 2005 and she is
absolutely thrilled!