Loretta Lopez: Middle Grade Author and Clinical Social Worker on Debut Novel "City Girls"

Loretta Lopez: Middle Grade Author and Clinical Social Worker on Debut Novel "City Girls"

Author: Elisabeth July 31, 2026 Duration: 37:30
Loretta Lopez in conversation with Dr. Elisabeth Paige shares her writing journey from early encouragement and mentors to publishing her debut middle-grade novel, "City Girls", and explains how her work as a case manager for undocumented children inspired the character Elisa and the asylum storyline. She summarizes the book’s three 11-year-old protagonists—Elisa, Lucia, and Alice—each facing trauma, grief, divorce, or a parent’s illness as their friendship develops over a school year, and dis...

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Illustrator and Author Deb JJ Lee: Interview with Elisabeth Paige [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Elisabeth and Deb delve into an engaging conversation. Deb, a native New Yorker, is a freelance illustrator including independent movie posters and the illustrations for graphic novels and the illustrations and writing o…