Born in Bronxville, New York, in 1950, Dill attended Skidmore college and Trinity College, Hartford, and earned a BA in English. Subsequently she earned an MBA in art education from Smith college and an MFA from the Maryland Institute, Baltimore. She began to work at Landfall Press in 1992, producing innovative editions which combine traditional techniques, such as lithography, silkscreen, and etching, with collage elements.