CN Lester is a multi-genre musician, author of the critically-acclaimed Trans Like Me, and founder and artistic director of arts event Transpose at Barbican. CN is both an alternative piano-based singer-songwriter and classical singer, improviser/deviser, and composer. They hold an interdisciplinary performance/research PhD on composer Barbara Strozzi; research and teaching interests include performance and composition, gender and music, and the history of gender and sexuality. They work internationally as a trans/queer/feminist educator, writer, speaker, and activist. Words and music at BBC Radio 3 & 4, Newsnight, ITV, The Guardian, SBS, Sydney Opera House, Southbank Centre, Royal Exchange, The Arts Club, and arts and book festivals/radio/print worldwide. They made their fiction debut with the 2023 collection Furies, alongside Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, and Emma Donoghue.

CN is currently working on their next album, next non-fiction and fiction books, upcoming Strozzi opera, and forthcoming academic publications. They live in London.