In the 65th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Azadeh Westergaard about illustration, the joys of research, and Nikola Tesla. Azadeh is the author of A LIFE ELECTRIC: THE STORY OF NIKOLA TESLA. She can be found on Twitter @ahwestergaard and Instagram @ahwestergaard. Her website is ahwestergaard.com.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children and Young Adults
Heartburn by Nora Ephron audiobook read by Meryl Streep
Heartburn movie
Nora Ephron’s “Heartburn” is an Ideal Audiobook by Helen Rosner
Quotation from Heartburn
Fresh by Margot Wood
Emma by Jane Austen
Clueless
Hacks
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Never Have I Ever
Virgin River
Black Widow
Seven Days in June
Thanks for Waiting by Doree Shafrir
Forever35 podcast
Amelia Bedelia
Roseanne Rosannadanna
Júlia Sardà (illustrator of Azadeh’s book)
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton
Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Júlia Sardà
Laura Hankin
Andrea Bartz and Laura Hankin Talk About Accidentally Writing Similar Novels
Elizabeth Gilbert
Ann Patchett
Big Magic
Newspapers.com
Nikola Tesla Museum
New York Public Library
Archive.org
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Oklahoma! on Broadway
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne
Liz Garton Scanlon
Maira Kalman
Ooh-La-La Max in Love by Maira Kalman
School of Visual Arts
Monica Wellington
Mary Quattlebaum
Martha Brockenbrough
Linda Urban
Patent Pending bar
Patent Pending in Nomad is a Cafe by Day, Speakeasy by Night
Call My Agent!
The Worst Witch
The Worst Witch books by Jill Murphy
Sing
Sing 2
Misery
Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Jhumpa Lahiri
“Brownies” by ZZ Packer
The Aspiring Poet’s Journal
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