Goodreads asked Rickey Gard Diamond:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Rickey Gard Diamond Like most women, I've been thinking about money forever, often coming up short. But economics seemed like Greek to me, so I set out to translate it. I began to notice that whatever school of thought, or economic field, women generally did not own it. The field was hyper-masculine. Eventually I wrote a series of articles that won a National Newspaper Association award for investigative reporting, citing my "atypical" sources, by which I suppose they meant women. I decided the objective tone of news reporting didn't really capture what I'd discovered. I wanted to make it more personal, more cheeky and fun. Cartoonist Peaco Todd and I taught at the same university, and when I asked if she'd work with me generating cartoons about women and money, she said yes! We've been laughing ever since. We have regular toons every Sunday on Screwnomic's Facebook site. Check them out!

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