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Azadeh Westergaard

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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

About Us:

Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy.

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Kathryn Benson