Suzannah Lessard

Suzannah Terry Lessard (born December 1, 1944) is an American writer of literary non-fiction. She has written memoir, reportorial pieces, essays, and opinion. Life Lessard was born in Islip, New York to John Ayres Lessard and Alida Mary (White). She is the great-granddaughter of architect Stanford White. She has taught at Columbia School of the Arts, Wesleyan University, The New School, George Mason University, George Washington University, and Goucher College MFA in Creative Non-fiction. She was one of the first editors of the Washington Monthly from 1971 to 1974. From 1975 to 1995 she was a staff writer at The New Yorker Magazine She has also published in New York Times Magazine, Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, and Wilson Quarterly and Harvard Design. Awards and honors