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Sheila Weller

Sheila Weller is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning magazine journalist. She is the author of five previous books, most recently her 2003 family memoir, Dancing at Ciro's, which The Washington Post called "a substantial contribution... Read full bio

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A. Try to write with humanity, understanding but never judging
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My life in 8 words: "Author, journalist, wife, mom, LA-raised New Yorker"
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Try to write with humanity, understanding but never judging Q. What do you regret most? A. Not buying a certain loft on Broadway in 1978 Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. that's easy! a spicy tuna handroll with avocado and lots of spicy sauce Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. poignant, suffused, iconic, vulnerable -- and lots of m-dashes -- -- -- -- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A.   Completing the last sentence of the last paragraph of a book or article whose writing has meant a lot to me but has been hard...and then watching my favorite TV show with my fellow-author husband and getting a phone call from our son about his new professional triumph; then walking outside to one of the meadows I've created at our country home. And being grateful to be alive and making it through in the creative life I chose for myself. Learn more about Sheila Weller

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Al Bawaba, April 8, 2013
...to publishing when her autobiography arrived out, in advance of then, she experienced co-created yet another autobiography with Sheila Weller in 1994, "Amy Fisher: My Story". The average charge for each print for Producer III disc publishing devices is...
New York Times, November 30, 2012
...TV; and Rowan & Martins Laugh-In, on which Tomlin starred, was for parents in the suburbs.) 1 2 Sheila Weller’s last book was “Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — and the Journey of a Generation.” She is working on “The...
New York Times, November 30, 2012
...TV; and Rowan & Martins Laugh-In, on which Tomlin starred, was for parents in the suburbs.) 1 2 Sheila Weller’s last book was “Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — and the Journey of a Generation.” She is working on “The...
New York Times, November 30, 2012
...TV; and Rowan & Martins Laugh-In, on which Tomlin starred, was for parents in the suburbs.) 1 2 Sheila Weller’s last book was “Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — and the Journey of a Generation.” She is working on “The...
Here & Now, November 22, 2012
...Hamid The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller Suite Française by Irene Nemirovsky The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel...
WWD.com, October 1, 2012
..." Karen Connelly’s 2007 "The Lizard Cage: A Novel," Victor LaValle’s 2009 "Big Machine" and Sheila Weller’s 2009 "Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon." They also discussed the books that they had read throughout their lives....
I4U, September 25, 2012
...India Taylor Swift has signed up to play Canadian musician Joni Mitchell in the much-anticipated movie adaptation of Sheila Weller’s book Girls Like Us. The book chronicles the lives of singer/songwriters Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King and how...
Forensic Magazine, January 15, 2013
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New York Times, January 11, 2013
...made the opening of cold cases a priority. Suddenly it seemed Ellen had not been forgotten. 1 2 Sheila Weller is the author of...
New York Times, January 11, 2013
...made the opening of cold cases a priority. Suddenly it seemed Ellen had not been forgotten. 1 2 Sheila Weller is the author of...
UK Nigeria Online, January 8, 2013
...at the time. A talented pianist, she was 'enamored of the counterculture of the late 1960s,' her cousin Sheila Weller wrote in a 2010 Marie Claire magazine piece about Hover's death. Weller said last month she was gratified by Alcala's indictment in...
Mail Online UK, January 8, 2013
...at the time. A talented pianist, she was 'enamored of the counterculture of the late 1960s,' her cousin Sheila Weller wrote in a 2010 about Hover's death. Weller said last month she was gratified by Alcala's indictment in her cousin's death. Hover's...
Mail Online UK, January 8, 2013
...at the time. A talented pianist, she was 'enamored of the counterculture of the late 1960s,' her cousin Sheila Weller wrote in a 2010 about Hover's death. Weller said last month she was gratified by Alcala's indictment in her cousin's death. Hover's...
Mail Online UK, January 7, 2013
...at the time. A talented pianist, she was 'enamored of the counterculture of the late 1960s,' her cousin Sheila Weller wrote in a 2010 about Hover's death. Weller said last month she was gratified by Alcala's indictment in her cousin's death. ...