About Elizabeth 

Though I live in New Jersey, I am from New York. I grew up in Queens and spent many summers on the beaches of the North Fork in Long Island. I have a passion for travel and have backpacked in six continents and I have camped throughout much of the United States. These experiences have brought me in contact with various cultures and have inspired much of my writing. Along with traveling, I also enjoy hiking, swimming, and visiting historic sites.​​​​ I have three adorable cats and can't believe I lived a great deal of my life without a cat.

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My memoir, Stolen: Love and Loss in the Time of COVID-19, details my father's death, the grieving process that followed, and life in New York City, which felt ghostly, during the pandemic. My travel/coming out memoir, Fire and Ice: A Nepalese Travelogue, is forthcoming with Unsolicited Press.

 

I have always wanted to write books for children. After a late in life autism diagnosis, I decided to make that dream a reality. My first picture book is Kaleidoscope: Autism is a Prism.

 

My essays and short stories explore queer-life, motherhood, traveling, mental illness, and grief. They have been published online and in print journals, including The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review, Caustic Frolic, Capsule Stories, Newtown Literary, Ovunque Siamo, and Italian Americana. You can visit my shorter work here.

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I am currently writing a memoir about coming to terms with my autism diagnosis and understanding how being undiagnosed for so long affected my life. I am also revising a young adult novel about a genderqueer lesbian who is struggling to survive in their home with a mother whose Christian views make her unable to accept her child for who they are.

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