Elizabeth Little '99 is a novelist and non-fiction author living in Los Angeles. John and EB (as she was known at Burroughs) cover all sorts of topics, like: writing, reading, gardening, the CIA, and just how frightening and disorienting groups of middle school girls can be...even for adults.
Burroughs wasn't always the easiest place for EB, but this conversation gets right to the heart of what Here From There is all about: when you have made it to here, you have all kinds of new perspective on what it was like to be there. Becoming an author was never EB's plan. In fact, the idea of writing for a living never even occurred to her. And yet now she is the Los Angeles Times–bestselling author of Dear Daughter, Pretty as a Picture, and two works of nonfiction, Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic and Trip of the Tongue: Cross-Country Travels in Search of America's Languages. She also wrote one of John's favorite graduation speeches of all time!
John is so convinced that you will enjoy Pretty as a Picture, EB's latest novel, that he is going to give the podcast's second homework assignment! (If you haven't done the first one, go back to Episodes 1 and 3 and finish the homework assignment on Bhi Bhiman's podcast and album, Peace of Mind). This second one is in keeping with a Burroughs English Department tradition: summer reading!
Step 1: Head to your local bookstore, or go to EB's website: https://www.elizabeth-little.com Treat yourself to a copy of Pretty as a Picture. If you are a fan of movies, well-paced mysteries, or strong and witty female protagonists, you will love this novel.
Step 2: Sit by the pool, find a place in the shade of a tree, or curl up in a chair and read it!
Step 3: Check out the bonus episode to be dropped at the end of the summer in which John and EB talk about the book and her writing process.
The bonus episode "Summer Reading: Elizabeth Little's Pretty as a Picture" will be coming soon!
Theme music for the podcast is by The Bottlesnakes and Aves, and is used courtesy of Artlist (license # 9U88am).
Artwork is by Ethan Orchard, John Burroughs School Class of 2017. See his work online at ethanorchard.art or follow him on Instagram: @ethan.orchard
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