Joanne Lessner

@joannelessner

About

Joanne isthe author of Pandora’s Bottle, a novel inspired by the true story of the world’s most expensivebottle of wine (Flint Mine Press, 2010), which was selected as one of PaperbackDolls’ top five books of 2010. The Temporary Detective (Dulcet Press, April 2012) introduces IsobelSpice, aspiring actress and resourceful office temp turned amateur sleuth. Nostranger to the theatrical world, Joanne enjoys an active performing career inboth musical theater and opera. With her husband, composer/conductor JoshuaRosenblum, she has co-authored several musicals including the cult hit Fermats Last Tango and Einstein s Dreams, based on the celebrated novel by Alan Lightman.Her play, Critical Mass,received its Off Broadway premiere in October 2010 as the winner of the 2009Heiress Productions Playwriting Competition. She is a regular contributingwriter to Opera News andholds a B.A. in music, summa cum laude, from Yale University.