L. M. Elliott
L. M. Elliott was an award-winning magazine journalist before becoming a New York Times bestselling author of historical and biographical novels. Three-time finalist for the National Magazine Award, Elliott focused primarily on women's issues. Her extensive reporting experience informed and enriched the themes and characters of her newest YA work, TRUTH, LIES, AND THE QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN. It is her third docudrama-novel exploring a fraught political era and the dangers of disinformation, hate-rhetoric, and censorship.
Her 14 novels cover a variety of eras and are for a variety of readerships. Her works have been honored with the Scott O'Dell, VLA Cardinal Cup, and Grateful American prizes for historical fiction; been named NCSS/CBC Notables, Bank Street College of Education Bests, Kirkus Bests, YALSA Bests, ALA Rise Feminist Choices, and to the TXLA Tayshas HS Reading Lists; as well as named finalists for state awards for VA, MD, PA, UT, ME, VT, KS, IA, and SC.
She holds a BA from Wake Forest University and MA in journalism from UNC-Chapel Hill.
81. Changemakers: Using History as Inspiration, with L. M. Elliott
Often, we see the opportunities, we feel the intuitive nudge, but we don't trust ourselves enough to take the leap. In this Changemakers episode, I am joined by New York Times bestselling author, Laura Malone Elliott. Laura shares her midlife pivot from writing long-form narrative journalism in the 1980s to becoming a best selling historical novelist. We dive into how she turned a dreaded assignment into a book, the reality of juggling a demanding career with kids' activities, and …