Mindell Dubansky received a WSW production grant for her book Guess Who Died: Memories of Baltimore with Recipes. She has since authored two additional books: The Proper Decoration of Book Covers. The Life and Work of Alice C. Morse, and Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren’t.

In 2016, Mindell had the first exhibition of her collection of 250 book-shaped objects at the Grolier Club in New York. A segment of this exhibition, Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren’t, was presented at Bard College from August through October, 2016.

Mindell holds an MLS and Certificate in Library Preservation from Columbia University, and has studied bookbinding and restoration at the Camberwell College of Arts, London. She is currently a Preservation Librarian at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.