S01 Ep74: Phillippe Diederich and the Cultural Influences That Shaped His Career(s)

My guest today, Phillippe Diederich is an award-winning novelist, and the author of three books, Sofrito, Playing with the Devil’s Fire, and his forthcoming mystery, The Last Girl (written under the pseudonym, Danny Lopez). Before he became a novelist, much of his photojournalism work centered around the Latin American culture, mainly in Cuba and Mexico. Phillippe was a nomad who enjoyed the early days of his career when he could walk the streets getting a pulse of the people.

Phillippe is a devoted husband and father who believes our time here is short. He has an abundance of personal cultural influences from which to draw to build his stories. He is a man of the world, who allows us into his, with every book he writes.

During this episode, Phillippe shares the inspiration behind his stories, how the book industry made him a young adult author and where he took some of his favorite photos.

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Key Takeaways:

[2:00] Phillippe’s origin story, and how he became a photojournalist.

[14:24] Much of Phillippe’s fiction work centers around Cuba, and his first piece was the leader of a Harley Davidson club there.

[27:29] Playing for the Devil's Fire addresses the changing landscape of a small town in Mexico from a young boy’s point of view.

[35:58] Danny Lopez is a pseudonym Phillippe uses to separate his adult work from his young adult stories.

[41:13] Phillippe and his wife, Lorraine Ladish, share the belief that we are only here for a short period of time.

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Phillippe Diederich
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