Guest Profile

Barbara Daddino

Barbara Daddino was recently honored by the Sector for Public and Cultural diplomacy of Serbian Ministry for Foreign Affairs as one of 85 ‘Tesla Ambassadors’ for her efforts in preserving Tesla's legacy as the owner of the ‘Memorial house of Nikola Tesla, in Wardenclyffe’ and for her remarkable book “Tesla’s Cottage.” For readers who enjoy the Gilded Age or have an appreciation for humanity, Tesla’s Cottage is the perfect read. 

Barbara holds an MFA in creative writing from New York University. She has taught English and creative writing at Commack Public Schools and creative writing at NYU as an adjunct. She has also contributed to the Bellevue Literary Review as an associate editor. Her essays and movie reviews have appeared in Newsday and on PBS. She was also a featured guest in two PBS interviews about late-life divorce. She collaborated with Marc Seifer, author of Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla on research for Tesla, Wizard at War. She lives with her partner in Shoreham, Long Island, in the former house of Nikola Tesla, overlooking the Sound.