Apr 14, 2020
On this episode I get to chat with an old friend, Vesper
Stamper, who is an award winning author/illustrator.
Born in Germany and raised in New York City, Vesper Stamper has
been an illustrator for over 20 years and now also writes and
illustrates novels of historical fiction, including her upcoming
novel, A Cloud of Outrageous Blue. Her debut illustrated YA novel,
What the Night Sings, about the post-Holocaust period, was a
National Book Award Nominee, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist,
a Morris Award Finalist, Golden Kite Honor Book and Sydney Taylor
Book Award Winner, and was named a Best YA Book of 2018/9 by YALSA,
the Wall Street Journal and Kirkus. Vesper has a BFA in
Illustration from Parsons and an MFA in Illustration as Visual
Essay from School of Visual Arts. She lives with her husband,
filmmaker Ben Stamper, and her two teenagers, in the Northeast.
Vespers links:
https://www.instagram.com/vesperillustration/
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