Dr. Rajani LaRocca: Indian American Author Across the Children's Lifespan in Conversation with Dr. Elisabeth Paige

Dr. Rajani LaRocca: Indian American Author Across the Children's Lifespan in Conversation with Dr. Elisabeth Paige

May 26, 2026 · 1h 14m

About this episode

Dr. Rajani LaRocca discusses her children's books and themes of grief, authenticity, and Indian culture with host Elisabeth Paige.

Physician and children's author Rajani LaRocca has published over 20 books for kids of all ages. In this second interview (you can also see the first interview by scrolling), we talk about her forthcoming young adult novel about grief, truth, authenticity, and friendship and her published fantasy middle grade adventure based in Indian culture on colonialism. We also spoke about two very relevant picture books, one on vaccines and one on birthright citizenship. Finally we covered her cha...

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