Cecil Mary Leslie (1900–1980) was an engraver, portrait painter, sculptor and illustrator.
[1] She taught at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art.
[1] Leslie also exhibited in the United States, France, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
[1] Cecil Leslie illustrated the Puffin editions of the classic Heidi (1956) and E. Nesbit's The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1958), The Wouldbegoods (1958) and The Enchanted Castle (1964).
She also illustrated many of Pauline Clarke's books, including the Carnegie Medal winner, The Twelve and the Genii, and several other children's books by Rose Fyleman and Alison Uttley, among others.