Hedi Kyle recently retired as Head Conservator at the American Philosophical Society. She is Adjunct Professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. At the University she teaches book structures to MFA students of the Graduate Program in Book Arts and Printmaking.

Hedi Kyle graduated from the Werk-Kunst Schule in Wiesbaden, Germany. After a brief career as a graphic designer, her interest turned to book arts and book conservation.

Her one-of-a-kind constructions have been exhibited internationally, and are in private and public collections.

She is co-founder of Paper and Book Intensive (PBI), and has given workshops in the U.S., Canada, and Switzerland for the past twenty years.