Background
The son of James Lester and Valerie Browne Lester and the brother of Alison Lester, all of whom are writers, Toby Lester studied English and French at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1987.
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He received attention after writing two nonfiction works on the role of maps in the discovery of America and on Leonardo da Vinci"s drawing of the Vitruvian Manitoba He has worked as a refugee affairs officer for the United Nations, has helped with programmes in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and has undertaken Peace Corps work in Yemen. From 1995 to 2005, he worked for the American magazine The Atlantic in various capacities, including managing editor, and has contributed to several other journals.
Topics of interest have included the reconstruction of ancient Greek music, the Qur"an and alphabets in Azerbaijan.
