Lesley Arfin (born 1979) is an American comedy writer and author.

Life

Arfin was born to a Jewish family in 1979 in

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. She attended Syosset High School and

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Career

Lesley Arfin was a contributor to ''

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'' from 2001, but left in 2007, after publication of her book ''Dear Diary'', based on a column she wrote for ''Vice'' magazine, which was published by Vice Books. In 2008, she became the editor-in-chief of ''

Missbehave ''Missbehave'' was a Brooklyn-based women's magazine that was produced from 2006 until March 2009. It covered fashion, music, art and pop culture. Columnists included Kelis, Matt Goias, Sarah Morrison and Lesley Arfin and regularly featured mode ...

''. Arfin went on to become a staff writer for the

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TV series ''

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''. From there, she worked on the TV series ''

Brooklyn Nine-Nine ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' is an American police procedural comedy television series that aired on Fox, and later on NBC. The show aired from September 17, 2013, to September 16, 2021, for a total of eight seasons and 153 episodes. Created by Dan G ...

''. Arfin received sole writing credit for the Halloween-themed episode in the first season. With Paul Rust and

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, she created the

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series ''

Love Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of ...

''. Arfin drew on her own past in dealing with

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while writing for ''Love''. Arfin is currently the host of the Earios podcast ''Filling the Void'', about hobbies that bring people joy. She also wrote and executive produced Season 1 of the HBO series ''Betty'', which was released in 2020.

Personal life

Arfin wrote about being addicted to heroin and going to rehab in her book ''Dear Diary''. Arfin married actor and writer

Paul Rust Paul Robert Rust (born April 12, 1981) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred in the 2009 film ''I Love You, Beth Cooper'' and in the Netflix series ''Love''. Early life Rust was born in Le Mars, Iowa, the son of Jeanne and Bob R ...

in 2015. In October 2017, she gave birth to their daughter, Mary James.Jen Juneau
"Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin Welcome Daughter Mary James"
''People'', Oct. 17, 2017

Bibliography

*''Dear Diary'',

References

External links

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