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Sheila Weller

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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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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
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. 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. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. being intrusive, being impatient sometimes (hello, customer service person from Bagelore) to the point of rudeness, wanting compliments Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. clearing woods and turning them into meadows or watching Law & Order on TV Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. Yikes! I never thought about it. Learn more about Sheila Weller

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Pop Matters, February 15, 2012
...a Broken Heart lacks source notes, a bibliography and sails dangerously close to plagiarism. Several authors, such as Sheila Weller and Roger Friedman, have publicly criticized Davis for borrowing from their work without permission or citation. Simon,...
Rock Hill Herald, January 26, 2012
...a Broken Heart" lacks source notes, a bibliography and sails dangerously close to plagiarism. Several authors, such as Sheila Weller and Roger Friedman, have publicly criticized Davis for borrowing from their work without permission or citation. Simon,...
Carthage Press, January 11, 2012
...Before Stephen Davis began writing biographies of rock and pop stars ?? his newest, ?More Room in a Broken Heart: The True Adventures of Carly Simon? was recently released ?? he was grooving on live jazz. Growing up in New York and Philadelphia, he would...
Wicked Local Hull, January 10, 2012
...a researcher to help me. Then I started reading everything, like Timothy White’s biography of James Taylor; Sheila Weller’s ‘Girls Like Us,’ which is about Carly Simon, Carole King and Joni Mitchell; and Jac Holzman’s history of Elektra...
MySanAntonio, November 20, 2011
...they slip farther away.” Cue the music in your head, especially if you found any guilty pleasure in Sheila Weller's “Girls Like Us,” a 2008 book about Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. Collins writes of her early years in Colorado with a...
MORE, October 4, 2011
...Memoirs and biographies about the power of friendship. PreviousNext 1 of 1 'As Always, Julia' by Joan Reardon Julia Child and her bestie, Avis DeVoto, bonded over cooking, of course: its gadgets, recipes, methods and more. This wonderfully intimate...
Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, December 12, 2011
...the show. Victoria Newell as the Boy and Lauren Harwood as Bruno are simply wonderful and very engaging. Sheila Weller is convincing as the Scandinavian granny and there is a brilliantly demented double act between chefs Abigail Newton and Anna...
Calne Gazette & Herald, December 12, 2011
...the show. Victoria Newell as the Boy and Lauren Harwood as Bruno are simply wonderful and very engaging. Sheila Weller is convincing as the Scandinavian granny and there is a brilliantly demented double act between chefs Abigail Newton and Anna...
Womenetics, December 9, 2011
...Snapshot: Sheila Weller, author and journalist Sheila Weller describes herself as an author and magazine journalist. She has published six books, including Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon...
MySanAntonio, November 20, 2011
...they slip farther away.” Cue the music in your head, especially if you found any guilty pleasure in Sheila Weller's “Girls Like Us,” a 2008 book about Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. Collins writes of her early years in Colorado with a...
Toledoblade.com, November 20, 2011
...slip farther away." Cue the music in your head, especially if you found any guilty pleasure in Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us, a 2008 book about Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon. Collins writes of her early years in Colorado with a blind father...
Toledoblade.com, November 20, 2011
...slip farther away." Cue the music in your head, especially if you found any guilty pleasure in Sheila Weller's Girls Like Us, a 2008 book about Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon. Collins writes of her early years in Colorado with a blind father...
All About Jazz, November 18, 2011
...the ladies of Laurel Canyon and our heroes growing up. Having read this book, Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller, we started to make this composite woman who represented something important to us and inspirational to us. This heavy California folk influence...