Lesley Arfin was a contributor to Vice from 2001,[5] but left in 2007, after publication of her book[6]Dear Diary, based on a column she wrote for Vice magazine, which was published by Vice Books.[7][8] In 2008, she became the editor-in-chief of Missbehave.[9]
Arfin went on to become a staff writer for the HBO TV series Girls.[10] From there, she worked on the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Arfin received sole writing credit for the Halloween-themed episode in the first season.
Arfin is currently the host of the Earios podcast Filling the Void,[15] about hobbies that bring people joy.[16] She also wrote and executive produced Season 1 of the HBO series Betty, which was released in 2020.[17]
Personal life
Arfin wrote about being addicted to heroin and going to rehab in her book Dear Diary.[18]
Arfin married actor and writer Paul Rust in 2015.[19] In October 2017, she gave birth to their daughter, Mary James.[20]
^Jacobson, Aileen. "Friends’ divergent paths to publication", Newsday, August 26, 2007. Accessed February 8, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "When they were youngsters Gabe Rotter and Lesley Arfin were best friends running around the neighborhood with a pack of other kids in The Woodlands a condominium complex in Woodbury where they both lived.... By the time they got to Syosset High School they'd drifted into separate cliques both say and eventually lost touch."
