Ep. 2: Wallace West Draws from a Queer Perspective
- Author
- Paintbrush In My Coffee Cup
- Published
- Mon 30 Jun 2025
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paintbrush-in-my-coffee-c/episodes/Ep--2-Wallace-West-Draws-from-a-Queer-Perspective-e34ts3i
Welcome back to Paintbrush in My Coffee Cup! In this week's episode, Elizabeth and Amelia interview award-winning picture book author/illustrator Wallace West. Wallace has written and illustrated Mighty Red Riding Hood, which won a Lambda Literary Award, and illustrated the NY Times Bestselling middle-grade Dogtown series by legendary authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. We discuss storytelling, drawing from personal experiences, and digital versus traditional techniques.
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Edited by Elizabeth Lilly. Graphics by Amelia Grace Gossman. Music by Roy Edwin Williams.
