Leslie Maitland

Leslie Maitland is a former reporter for the New York Times who specialized in legal affairs and investigative reporting. She joined the Times after graduating from the University of Chicago and Harvard Divinity chool. After breaking stories on the FBI's undercover "Abscam" investigation into corruption in Congress, she moved to the New York Times Washington bureau to cover the Justice Department. After leaving the Times, she began, among other projects, extensive research for Crossing the Borders of Time, including five reporting trips to Europe and one to Cuba. Maitland has frequently participated in programs discussing literature on NPR's Diane Rehm Show. She lives with her husband in Bethesda, Maryland.