Author Bonnie Garmus

Bonnie Garmus is the author of Lessons in Chemistry, the bestselling novel about a chemist named Elizabeth Zott who becomes the host of a cooking show in the 1960s. In this conversation with host Jessica Stone, Bonnie tells us about how her career as a copywriter shaped her approach to writing the novel, the one mispronunciation in the audiobook, and why she needed to break some rules to write this story.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Chasing Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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