Leila W. Salisbury was named Director of the University Press of Mississippi in 2008. Salisbury was formerly the director of marketing for the University Press of Kentucky. She has been in university press publishing for 17 years. A native of Virginia, Salisbury spent her childhood in Bourbon County and Lexington, Kentucky. She received a BA with honors in English from Davidson College in 1993 and began a masters in English at the University of Georgia which she then finishd at the University of Kentucky.
In 2001, she co-authored Romantic Kentucky with Laura E. Sutton.
Leila W. Salisbury was named Director of the University Press of Mississippi in 2008. Salisbury was formerly the director of marketing for the University Press of Kentucky. She has been in university press publishing for 17 years. A native of Virginia, Salisbury spent her childhood in Bourbon County and Lexington, Kentucky. She received a BA with honors in English from Davidson College in 1993 and began a masters in English at the University of Georgia which she then finishd at the University of Kentucky.