(1946 - )
Leslie Turek discovered fandom in 1964 and is primarily a convention and club fan, having been chairman of Noreascon Two, and Boskone 6, and been part of the Chairman's Staff at Noreascon 3.
She was also Art Show Director, for Boskone 10-12; Part of the Boston Massaquerade at Iguanacon II, headed the B'Austin Art Show at LoneStarCon 1.
She won the Hugo for Best Fanzine in 1990 for The Mad 3 Party and was nominated for the Best Fan Writer Hugo, in 1988 and 1990. She was co-editor of The Twilight Zine 1966-'67, editor of The Mad 3 Party (the planning fanzine for Noreascon 3 which won the 1990 Best Fanzine Hugo), 1987-'89, editor of The Noreascon I Proceedings in 1976 and editor of If I Ran the Zoo... Con, the Smofcon 3 game in 1987.
She was a founding member of NESFA and a past member MITSFS.
She was Fan GoH at Lastcon Too, Tropicon VIII and Rivercon XVI, and was elected a Fellow of NESFA.
