Naomi Epel

Featured Works

View all»

Previous Pause Next

PUBLISHED:

Writers Dreaming

Buy now

Write a review

Learn more »

PUBLISHED:

The Observation Deck

Almost every day for the past nine years I have had a different writer in my car. As a literary escort, my job has been to make sure that touring authors arrive at their media appearances well fed and on time. Riding around San Francisco, various novelists, journalists, self-help gurus and children's book authors have shared the methods they've used to find inspiration,...

Add to Bag

Write a review

Learn more »

Comments from Naomi

Dec.18.2009 - 5:10 pm

In response to: Cassoulet On A Winters Day

what a gorgeous way to present a recipe

Loved your piece, especially the part about the rosemary.

Dec.14.2009 - 1:09 pm

In response to: Ideas for books

Schindlers List is a rare example

As a literary escort I sometimes have to pull people away from a beleagured author to suggest that they might want to...

Dec.14.2009 - 11:03 am

In response to: Everything I Know About Writing I Learned From A Children's Book (Part 2)

I'm adding Phantom Toll Booth to my "Things to Read" list

Thanks for sharing the brilliance of the Phantom Toll Booth. I wouldnt call it trivium, but I am afraid posting...

About Naomi

In 1990 Naomi Epel began interviewing writers for Dreamtalk, a radio program broadcast on KALX, Berkeley. Out of those interviews emerged her first book, Writers Dreaming (Vintage, 1993), an in-depth look into the unconscious minds of twenty seven...

Read full bio »