María Dolores Águila, "A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez" (Roaring Brook Press, 2025)

About this episode

An interview with children's author María Dolores Águila about her new book and her journey in publishing.

In my very special interview with children's author María Dolores Águila we discuss her multi-award winning new middle grade book, A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez (Roaring Brook Press), published a few months back. We talk about her childhood, her journey to traditional publishing (finding her agent, Lindsay Auld, through the slush pile, no less), her dualness (at once Mexican and American) and her advice for up and coming authors. Maria has also published two popular picture books, with a third on the way next year. I'm already planning our next interview! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: New Books Network

Guest: María Dolores Águila

Topics covered

• children's literature
• middle grade books
• author journey
• publishing
• Mexican American identity
• writing advice

Keywords

• A Sea of Lemon Trees
• María Dolores Águila
• children's author
• middle grade
• publishing journey
• writing advice
• Mexican American

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roaring Brook Press

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