Born in Germany and raised in New York City, Vesper Stamper writes and illustrates novels which tell, through both words and pictures, stories of history’s rhymes.

Her debut illustrated YA novel, "What the Night Sings", about the aftermath of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young musician, was a National Book Award Nominee, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, a Morris Award Finalist, Golden Kite Honor Book and Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, and was named one of the Best YA Books of 2018/9 by YALSA, the Wall Street Journal and Kirkus.

Vesper is the host of the podcast 'Vesperisms: The Art of Thinking for Yourself', which aims to cultivate a rehumanized worldview through artistic thinking.

"Berliners" is her third illustrated novel.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00:00 -- Sexy Promos!

0:05:35 -- Who is Vesper Stamper?

0:14:53 -- On the Process and Purpose of the Artist.

0:18:36 -- The Renaissance, and the Myth of the "True Artist".

0:26:36 -- Artists Should Occupy the Margins of Society.

0:30:54 -- The Genesis of "Berliners", and its Parallels to Today.

0:43:55 -- Ideological Conformity Kills Artistic Expression.

1:03:58 -- The Scourge of Low Self-Esteem Artists.

1:21:21 -- Advice for Young Artists.

1:23:25 -- Vesper's Tale of Medical Discrimination, and Closing Thoughts.