Leslie Linsley is the author of over 50 books on crafts, home style and decorating for national publishers. Among her best sellers are: “Crafts for Dummies”, “Leslie Linsley’s Decoupage” and “A Nantucket Christmas” (both Bulfinch Press/ Time Warner Books), “Leslie Linsley’s 15 Minute Decorating Ideas” (St. Martin’s Press) and “Nantucket Style” (Rizzoli). If you’re a crafter you probably own one of the books Leslie wrote for The Better Homes & Gardens Craft Book Club. Leslie was responsible for the craft pages for Family Circle Magazine for 15 years.


Leslie’s studio produces original products that are available exclusively through her store, Leslie Linsley Nantucket, located in the heart of downtown Nantucket at Zero India Street.


Leslie Linsley writes “Home Style”, a weekly newspaper column that appears in the Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror and she writes frequently for the Boston Herald.


Leslie has been a guest speaker on the art of découpage in Florence, Italy as well as women’s groups throughout the United States.


Maybe you’ve seen Leslie Linsley on such national shows as Today, Later Today, Good Morning America, Oprah, Home Shopping Network or the many HGTV shows on which she frequently appears.


Leslie Linsley is a spokesperson for many companies with products in the Do-It-Yourself women’s leisure market. Clients include, Thompson’s Water Seal, The Fairfield Processing Corporation, Rit Fabric Dye, Formby’s Wood Care Products, Sherwin-Williams, Red Devil Paints, MinWax, 3M, The Meredith Corp., Lowes’s Home Centers, & American Designer Pottery