In this interview, we chat with Emil Wilson about creative freedom, visual communication, character transformation, and so much more.
is an award-winning art director, illustrator, and artist whose creative work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, as well as on NPR, the Oscars, and during the Super Bowl. He is based in San Francisco.
Books and stories mentioned in this episode:
- Either/Or; The Idiot — Elif Batuman
- Helter Skelter — Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry
- Great Expectations — Charles Dickens
- Carrie; Pet Sematary — Stephen King
- The Executioner’s Song — Norman Mailer
- The Thorn Birds — Colleen McCullough
- Centennial — James A. Michener
- Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt — Ben Reeves
- Sophie’s Choice — William Styron
- War and Peace — Leo Tolstoy
- How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies — Amy Wallen (with illustrations by Emil Wilson)
