Loretta is the author of eight non-fiction books including works which have been translated into Spanish, German, Dutch and Japanese. She is also the winner of every major magazine journalism award in America including:

• Four - Women in Communications Awards
• Two - Society of Professional Journalists Awards
• Two - Penny Missouri Awards
• The coveted Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Award (known as the Pulitzer Prize of the magazine world)
• Two - Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Awards for outstanding coverage of the problems of the disadvantaged.

• The Edgar Allen Poe Award
• Mental Health Media Award
• The Pennsylvania Prison Society Award
• ; The Chapel of Four Chaplains Award
• The American Bar Association Certificate of Merit
• The Outstanding Young leader of the Year Award