We Fight So You Don't Have To

Liz and Lisa belong to this member’s only club that no one wants to join. Liz lost her father first and four years later, Lisa’s passed away. They share their secret to getting through the painful loss of a dad: humor. Have a question, comment or idea? Email liz@lizandlisa.com and put PODCAST in the subject line.

Liz and Lisa have so many diaries between them that one podcast episode quickly turned into two. Now they are on their own for the first time at college, and confiding in their diaries rather than one another. Listen as they read from the same dates twenty-five years ago and realize they were not on the same page. (Pun intended!) Have a question, comment or idea? Email liz@lizandlisa.com and put P...

Liz and Lisa peel back the pages—and layers—of the emotional teenage angst they wrote about in their high school diaries. Listen in as they share and dissect their innermost secrets and turmoil that includes poems and drawings! Have a question, comment or idea? Email liz@lizandlisa.com and put PODCAST in the subject line.

The Yucatan Peninsula is the perfect vacation spot with its white sand beaches, crystal-clear ocean water and delicious local food. And for Liz and Lisa, it was also the ideal setting for their fifth novel, Girls’ Night Out. Or so they thought! After they visited Chichen Itza, ancient Maya ruins considered to be highly mystical and spiritual, things began to unravel. They wondered if they were cur...

After two decades of friendship, Lisa moved two thousand miles away from San Diego to Chicago to get married. Liz and Lisa continued writing books together and actually saw each other more often than they did when they were living in the same city. You’ll learn why it wasn’t until Lisa’s re-entry back to SoCal that things got complicated. Have something to say? A question? Email Liz & Lisa at Liz@...

A lot has gone down over the years for Liz and Lisa at the blackjack table—and they’re not just talking about gambling! Find out what happened when they let their guards--and cards--down in Sin City. Have something to say? A question? Email Liz & Lisa at Liz@lizandlisa.com and put PODCAST in the subject line.

Liz and Lisa look back at Lisa’s serial monogamy dating highlight reel. Find out why Lisa was a magnet for men who were perfect on paper but lacked the commitment gene. And hear about Liz’s amazing ability to play therapist and talk her off the ledge every time she got dumped. (Which was a lot.) Have something to say? A question? Email Liz & Lisa at Liz@lizandlisa.com and put PODCAST in the subjec...

The year was 2013 and Liz and Lisa finally had an agent and a traditional publishing deal with Simon & Schuster. They traveled to New York City to meet their agent and editor for the first time. They even got a second book deal in the process. You’d think the rest of the story would be rainbows and unicorns, but oh no, that’s not how Liz and Lisa roll. You’ll have to listen to understand why they...

In 2005, Liz and Lisa’s first manuscript, I’ll Have Who She’s Having, was rejected by every agent in the publishing industry. After a year of trying to get published—while one of them was pregnant and the other was a total emotional mess—they did what absolutely no smart aspiring authors would do. They hired Liz’s ex-boyfriend and his independent publishing company to bring their book into the wor...

When they were told to shelter in place, Liz and Lisa leaned in hard. Quarantine would be their bitch. But, when that initial fervor to be productive wore off, they had to face reality: Their teens were disgruntled. Their favorite gym was closed indefinitely. Their homeschooling skills were crap. The walls of their homes were closing in. One miracle? They didn’t get into a single argument! Listen...

Long before Lisa got married, she spent a majority of her time as the third wheel to Liz and her husband. They dubbed themselves: The Tricycle. They rode to many events together, even Liz and Lisa’s ten-year high school reunion! Most recently, the three of them dusted off the wheels of their trike and went on a cruise with a group of Liz and Lisa’s readers, and they can’t wait to tell you all abou...

Liz and Lisa had a fight before high school graduation that could have ended their friendship. In a nutshell: Liz did something Lisa didn't agree with. So Lisa took it upon herself to inform the person who was affected by Liz's choice. The result? A complete and total sh*t storm and a scarlet letter added to Liza's varsity jacket. Decades later, Liz and Lisa are grateful their seventeen-year-old s...

1987 isn’t only the year Fatal Attraction was number one at the box office. (Remember Glenn Close and the boiling bunny?) It’s also when we met. Our paths first crossed as fourteen-year-old freshman strutting across their high school campus in mom jeans and shoulder-padded shirts. Back then, as we fantasized about Kirk Cameron and listened to Debbie Gibson on our Walkmans, we could have never pred...