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name: Leslie Maitland
about: 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 the Harvard Divinity School. After breaking stories on the FBI’s undercover “Abscam” inquiry 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 this nonfiction book, including five reporting trips to Europe and one to Cuba. She frequently participates in programs discussing literature on the Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio. The mother of a son and a daughter, Maitland now lives with her husband in Bet 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 the Harvard Divinity School. After breaking stories on the FBI’s undercover “Abscam” inquiry 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 this nonfiction book, including five reporting trips to Europe and one to Cuba. She frequently participates in programs discussing literature on the Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio. The mother of a son and a daughter, Maitland now lives with her husband in Bethesda, Maryland.Leslie is on the web at LeslieMaitland.com and on Facebook at Crossing the Borders of Time. She is happy to call into book clubs. ...more