Elizabeth Ellen is a college dropout from the Midwest, as well as the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for fiction. Her stories have been published in Joyland, Southwest Review, and Harper's Magazine. Her first novel, PERSON/A, was chosen by Lithub as a best work of experimental literature in 2017. She is the author of A PECULIAR FEELING OF RESTLESSNESS (Rose Metal Press, 2008), SAUL STORIES (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2017), ELIZABETH ELLEN (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2018), and HER LESSER WORK (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2021).