Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born

Drawing on interviews with 40 winners of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship--the so-called "genius awards"--the insightful study throws fresh light on the creative process.

Author: Denise Shekerjian
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 02/01/1991
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.05w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780140109863

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/11/1991

About the Author
Denise Shekerjian is a writer, author, and attorney. Shekerjian has published two nonfiction books and nearly a dozen literary essays. She also assists clients with memoirs, blogs, resumes, essays, grants, and other nonfiction material. Her writing specialties are the creative process, law, and politics. She has received two Pushcart Prize nominations, a New Jersey Council on the Arts award and was a Marshall Fellow in Civil Liberties. She holds an honorary doctorate in letters from the University of Vermont.