Diana Leidel is an artist who has also been a longtime creative director in magazine publishing and is currently art director at Playbill Magazine. She has been the recipient of numerous design awards for her work with Pointe magazine, Pilates Stylemagazine, and Dance Magazine,and has been a contributor to Graphic Design USA. She holds a BFA from The Cooper Union and an MA from New York University, where she also taught graphic design.

Diana lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn with her husband and 17-year old daughter.