Elizabeth's humorous and poignant stories of family and relationships, set against larger events, explore universal themes.
Elizabeth is an award-winning Australian author. She began her working life as an occupational therapist but changed direction after attending a writing course in New York City, while living there with her husband and two children. After a shock diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, writing would provide her with a much-needed lifeline.
Elizabeth’s first book, Marzipan and Magnolias, depicting her complex relationship with her idiosyncratic mother, as well as the onset of MS, won the inaugural Finch Memoir Prize.
In her second book, Bounty: A Memoir of Friendship, MS and the Dog That Changed Everything, Elizabeth explores how illness reshapes identity and friendship, forcing her to rethink her own assumptions about disability and belonging.
Elizabeth lives in Sydney with her husband.
